Logo
Quote by Charles Babbage
There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute.

There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list. – Charles Babbage

Other quotes by Charles Babbage

To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance. – Charles Babbage

Category:
History
Author
Charles Babbage
Read Quote

It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge. – Charles Babbage

Category:
Knowledge
Author
Charles Babbage
Read Quote

The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages. – Charles Babbage

Category:
alone
Author
Charles Babbage
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Knowledge
category

The most important seed I can sow in this life is my children, and the love and knowledge that I can bestow upon them and the help I can give them. – Steven Seagal

Category:
Knowledge

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge. – Daniel J. Boorstin

Category:
Knowledge

You can do one of two things. You can bury you head in the sand and believe what everyone tells you – that you will always be that young, that thin and that fabulous. Or you can use all the things you have – talent, contacts, knowledge – and do something different. – Cat Deeley

Category:
Knowledge

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all. – Pericles

Category:
Knowledge

Random Quotes

I can design a collection in a day and I always do, cause Ive always got a load of Italians on my back, moaning that its late. – Alexander McQueen

Category:
design

The hardest thing about being in this business is just being able to be yourself. People act like theres this one set of rules to follow to be a pop star and I think, Well, you say Im a pop star, so maybe thats not true. – Kelly Clarkson

Category:
Business

If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, its that the terrorists can attack us, but they cant take away what makes us American – our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that. – Jon Stewart

Category:
Freedom

Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and its just as fast. – Mario Batali

Category:
Food