I have no desire to write my own biography, as long as I have strength and means to do better work.

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

Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.

Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.

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

What is there in a name? It is merely an empty basket, until you put something into it.

For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.

As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will neccessarily guide the future course of science.

An object is frequently not seen, from not knowing how to see it, rather than from any defect of the organ of vision.

The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs.

If we look at the fact, we shall find that the great inventions of the age are not, with us at least, always produced in universities.

Political debate: when charlatans come together to discuss their principles.

The sea waves stirred before methey dashed against the rocksLike a mermaid rising from its depthscurled white sea foam were her locks...

I am a writer, period!

You Say To People 'Throw Off Your Chains' And They Make New Chains For Themselves?

In real war an officer may have only one chance at succeeding. Consider each problem.

...The silent reminiscence of hardships departed, is sweeter than the presence of delight.

I imagined it. I wrote it. But I guess I never thought I'd see it.

Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood.

A year. We'd known each other only a year, but we'd lived a lifetime in it.

Learning a [skateboard] trick is kind of like a puzzle; you have to keep trying, and trying, and trying, and adapting and changing, and adapting and changing, and finally it works.