#we

The harm done to Israel is damage done to the West. And delegitimizing Israel is a delegitimization of the West. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

#done #harm #israel #west

It has been rumored that we have fired scud missiles into Kuwait. I am here now to tell you, we do not have any scud missiles and I don't know why they were fired into Kuwait. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#any #been #fired #here #i

On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#am #answers #apprehend #asked #been

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. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#capable #difference #distinction #explanation #limit

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

— Charles Babbage

#becomes #contrivance #each #every #human

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. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#between #carry #considerable #importance #matter

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#poverty #sad #well #wise #you

I have been following a vegan diet now since the 1980s, and find it not only healthier, but also much more attractive than the chunks of meat that were on my plate as a child. ↗

— Neal Barnard

#attractive #been #child #chunks #diet

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#ago #american #convey #couple #days

Well, it's not a pleasant experience. And it's a terribly political process, because that thing was initiated by the Congress and by, you know, our adversaries in the Congress. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#because #congress #experience #initiated #know