"I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject."

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Source : Charles Babbage (1841). “On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures”, p.8

Charles Babbage

#Receiving Quotes #Venture Quotes #Importance Quotes

“The after-party is always at a restaurant, and for me, the fun starts when I get a cheese platter. That's as f-ed up as I get.”
“To read a lot of trash mixing the blood of war with businessâ€™s stench. To root out any happiness. To go out, and down, and on the road. To hesitate; to go on, and ahead, and back, and up the stairs, and in oneâ€™s room. On the way, to notice that the mountain is still there. To lie and sleep, deeply, heavily. To reproduce nightâ€™s sleep. To wake up, look through the window at green water, from the Bay to the mountain, and return to oneâ€™s self. To remember that war is devastating Irak. To feel pain.”
“My father, to whom I owe so much, never told me the difference between right and wrong; now I think that's why I remain so greatly in his debt.”

Source : John Clifford Mortimer (2005). “The scales of justice”, Penguin Hardcover
“I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family.”

Source : Catherine Helen Spence “An Autobiography”, Library of Alexandria
“Your children should love the Lord, work hard, and experience the joy of trusting God. More important than leaving your children an inheritance is leaving them a spiritual heritage. If you left your children money they didn't need, and if they were thinking correctly, wouldn't they give it to God anyway? Then why not give it to God yourself, since He entrusted it to you?”
“I wanted to use some kind of name so people would know where I was from. So I took the name "bluegrass." There is not a prettier name in the whole world.”
“Timing is everything in this markets.”
“I find that sometimes if you just sit still, things have a way of finding you before you can find them.”

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