"The Analytical Engine is the only thing that will ever be able to do justice to the great and complicated calculations of the universe."

"The world is full of wonders, and I intend to explore every single one of them."

"Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us, the worlds of Science."

"The universe is an immense poem, and we are but humble interpreters."

"I am a firm believer in the power of the imagination to transform the world."