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On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers…
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Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.
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A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely,…
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The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular…
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In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.
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The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly…
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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
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I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope…
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Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss…
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A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved…
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The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.
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The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by…
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On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers…
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It is the function of a liberal university not to give right answers, but to ask right questions.
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Ask the right questions if you're going to find the right answers.
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Unlike in school, in life you don't have to come up with all the right answers. You can ask the people around…
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Knowing the right questions is better than having all the right answers.
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It is not that we don't know the right answers, it is just that we don't ask the right questions.
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One of the big misapprehensions about mathematics that we perpetrate in our classrooms is that the teacher always seems to know the…
— Leon Henkin
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By the time the average person finishes college, he or she will have taken over 2,600 tests, quizzes, and exams. The right…
— Roger von Oech
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I remember when I was in the army, we had the toughest drill sergeant in the world. He'd get right up next…
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You can't get right answers if you're asking the wrong questions.
— Mark Victor Hansen
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That's all managing is: just coming up with the right questions and getting the right answers.
— Jack Welch
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Ultimately, we are seeking a better understanding of what is means to be human. In this quest, progress is not made by…
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