“The law is not a series of calculating machines where answers come tumbling out when the right levers are pushed.” LawAnswersMachinesSeriesCalculatingLeversTumbling Author:William O. Douglas
“There is then no analogy whatever between the operations of the Chess-Player, and those of the calculating machine of Mr. Babbage , and if we choose to call the former a pure machine we must be prepared to admit that it is, beyond all comparison, the most wonderful of the inventions of mankind.” IfsPlayerWonderfulMankindPureMachinesPreparedChessInventionFormerOperationsComparisonBe PreparedAnalogiesCalculatingChess Players Book:The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Source: The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
“Calculating machines do sums better than even the cleverest people… As arithmetic has grown easier, it has come to be less respected.” PeopleEasyEasierRespectMachinesArithmeticCalculating Book:The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell Source: The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell
“I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine.” KnowsKindPoliticalLeadershipPartyLeaderMachinesLabourPolitical LeadersCalculatingLabour Party Author:Aneurin Bevan
“On Sept 15th [1852] Mr Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer, asked my opinion on the utility of Mr Babbage's calculating machine, and the propriety of spending further sums of money on it. I replied, entering fully into the matter, and giving my opinion that it was worthless.” GivingMatterOpinionMachinesSpendingEnteringWorthlessUtilityProprietyCalculatingAiry Author:George Biddell Airy