Charles Babbage Quotes

On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into ...

The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or...

The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producin...

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of...

Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.

Scientific knowledge scarcely exists amongst the higher classes of society. The discussion in the Ho...

Whenever a man can get hold of numbers, they are invaluable: if correct, they assist in informing hi...

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes...

The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.

Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed.