Charles Babbage Quotes

There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.

Charles Babbage

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Going to war is a serious matter. And it should be done very carefully and deliberately with clear national interests at stake before the United States or our Commander-in-Chief acts.

Joe Pitts

WarSeriousDoneMatterGoingClear

Well, I think that you know, I threatened myself with quitting after every movie. But I think everybody does that, right?

Joaquin Phoenix

MyselfThinkYouKnowRightWell

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

AdversityOvercomingFreshActivity

Any established media, such as literature, music, or film, offers a wide variety of experiences touching emotions from the very primal to the deeply complex. No matter who the audience are or what kind of mood they are in, there will always be something right for them. Video games, as a fast-growing new medium, is on its way to catching up.

Jenova Chen

MusicVideo GamesLiteratureMedia

I've been on one TV series after another. None of the network decisions have ever made sense to me.

Megyn Price

MeDecisionsSenseBeenNoneMade

The doctrine of preemption has a long and distinguished history in the history of American foreign policy.

John Lewis Gaddis

HistoryAmericanLongPolicyForeign

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men.

Robert Green Ingersoll

MenMeThoughtDoubtDangerousWill

I guess because I'm a liberal I think it's not people's natural instinct to be completely self-interested.

Matthew Weiner

PeopleThinkNaturalLiberalBecause

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

Stephen Leacock

PeopleInformationConversationWit

Some of the best times in my life happened under the influence of drugs... I'd still be doing it if I could make good judgement calls. I'd still be doing it if I didn't blow up to the size of an aircraft hangar, because it was a great time.

Robbie Williams

LifeGoodGreatTimeBestInfluence

Just because the boogeyman of the Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore, it doesn't mean the world is living angelically.

Rod Lurie

WorldJust BecauseLivingMeanExist

It's really a great experience to be able to work on a large production, traveling around like a family, setting up for an amazing show, and all having the same purpose.

Lourdes Leon

WorkFamilyGreatExperiencePurpose

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