"That a country, [England], eminently distinguished for its mechanical and manufacturing ingenuity, should be indifferent to the progress of inquiries which form the highest departments of that knowledge on whose more elementary truths its wealth and rank depend, is a fact which is well deserving the attention of those who shall inquire into the causes that influence the progress of nations."

-- Charles Babbage

#Country Quotes #Science Quotes #Progress Quotes

“The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains.”
“Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding.”

Source : "I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away". Book by Bill Bryson, June 6, 2000.
“I try to do my best to have fun off the court.”
“Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.”
“Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.”
“We can't allow multinational oil companies boasting of record profits to gouge consumers... We must do what we can to fix this problem.”
“I know that one day I would love to do a musical.”

Source : "‘Little White Lies’ Writer-Director Guillaume Canet on His Personal French Drama and Making the Upcoming ‘Blood Ties’ in the U.S." by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. August 22, 2012.
“miracles had to be paid for; only calamity was free.”

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