Quotes by : Charles Babbage

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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