"On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."

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Source : Passages from the Life of a Philosopher ch. 5 (1864) See Countess of Lovelace 1; Modern Proverbs 35

Charles Babbage

#Ideas Quotes #Two Quotes #Confusion Quotes

“For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.”
“Man is rotten with perfection.”
“If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up.”
“What mark will I leave behind? How will anyone know I have been here? What sign will tell the future traveler I existed? 'I am here! Today... I exist'. I believe the deepest impression is made in those moments when I can say 'I care, I love'.”
“We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.”
“I like to read about Moses best, in th' Old Testament. He carried a hard business well through, and died when other folks were going to reap the fruits; a man must have courage to look after his life so, and think what'll come f it after he's dead and gone.”
“Magic is the practice of causing change through the use of powers as yet not defined or accepted by science.”

Source : Scott Cunningham (2012). “Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs”, p.11, Llewellyn Worldwide
“Every day, I am reminded that our life's journey is really about the people who touch us. When you die, it does not mean you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live. So live. Live! Fight like hell. And when you get too tired to fight, then lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you.”

Source : "The legacy of Stuart Scott and memories of his 2014 ESPYS speech" by Kelley D. Evans, theundefeated.com. July 13, 2016.

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