"I am a very singular person."

"The Analytical Engine might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract science of operations, and which sho…"

"The Analytical Engine is a new language, a new way of thinking."

"I have a profound respect for the power of the human mind, and I believe that machines can amplify that power."

"I believe myself to possess a most singular combination of qualities exactly fitted to make me pre-eminently a discoverer of the hidden realities of nature."