Attention Quote by Charles Babbage

Unless there exist peculiar institutions for the support of such inquirers, or unless the Government directly interfere, the contriver of a thaumatrope may derive…

— Charles Babbage

…it cannot be called ingenuity to kill one's fellow citizens, to betray friends, to be without faith, without mercy, without religion; by these means…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Lacking its own ingenuity, the parasite fears the visionary. What it cannot plagiarize, it seeks to censor. What it cannot regulate, it seeks to…

— Andrew Ryan

Man is an animal with primary instincts of survival. Consequently his ingenuity has developed first and his soul afterwards. The progress of science is…

— Charlie Chaplin

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which…

— Arlen Specter

Lots of ingenuity gets you through times with no money better than money gets you through times of no ingenuity.

— Terry Pratchett

We must make the building of a free society once more an intellectual adventure, a deed of courage… Unless we can make the philosophic…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

With electricity we were wired into a new world, for electricity brought the radio, a "crystal set" and with enough ingenuity, one could tickle…

— Anonymous

By making college more affordable for all and more accessible for minority students, the first new higher education authorizing legislation in a decade will…

— Nancy Pelosi

The founder of any branch must be more ingenious than the common man. However, if his achievement is not carried on by disciples of…

— Bruce Lee

Ultimately, of course, you must decide for yourself whether the subjective psychological effects created by your evolved cognitive biases reflect an objective reality, perhaps…

— Jesse Bering