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.

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.

The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.

God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.

If I can’t sing, then let me listen to the songs of the wilderness and let me watch the dance of a lonely leaf.

Inspiration for my short stories grows from a psychic kernel, a vision of some sort or an eccentric, colorful dream.

Well, if a Little Fuzzy finds a door open, I’d like to know why he shouldn’t come in and look around.

Life is short. Eat dessert first.

You treat people with respect, they tend to return the favor to the company.

Good books do not make people wiser or happier--only more conscious.

I sit in my new room and write everything down. My heart never stops talking.

Picture in your mind a sense of personal destiny.

Stories work, if they have a beginning, middle and end.