Ada Lovelace

"The future is not something that happens to us, but something we create."

"I believe in the ultimate perfectibility of the human mind."

"The greatest gift we can give to the world is the gift of our understanding."

"I am convinced that the age of analytical thinking is just beginning."

"The mind that is free from prejudice is capable of anything."

"I believe that the future will require both mathematical precision and poetical imagination."

"The greatest truths are often the simplest ones, once understood."

"I am determined to be a woman of both science and spirit."

"The world is waiting for those brave enough to see what others cannot."

"I believe that understanding the Analytical Engine is key to understanding the future."

"The Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves."

"I am much annoyed at your having altered my Note. You know I am always willing to make any required alterations myself, but that I cannot endlessly revise."

"The science of operations, as derived from mathematics, must be regarded as throwing light on the very foundations of all knowledge."

"Do not suppose that my life has been all a smooth and pleasant thing."

"I have myself been much struck by the extraordinary beauty of mathematical expressions."

"The more I study the beautiful science of mathematics, the more I feel convinced that it constitutes the very language by which alone we can truly understand nature."

"I find that the very thing which is now most in vogue with you would be to push me into the character of a murderous revolutionist."

"You will think me a very wild theorist, but I am not ashamed of it."

"I must however request you not to speak of these Engines as miraculous or anything of that kind. They are the results of human ingenuity and industry."

"Perhaps I have a method of my own for reading mathematical books."

"The imaginative faculty is a most important one to cultivate in the study of mathematics."

"I am the High Priestess of the mysteries of mathematics."

"The object of the Analytical Engine has some points in common with a Jacquard loom."

"I am much harassed by the idleness and want of application of many around me."

"My father did not wish me to be idle; he wished me to occupy myself usefully."

"I have no particular alteration to make in the concluding sentence except to say that I believe it will be highly satisfactory."

"I must confess that it is difficult to understand how a steam-engine could possibly go on writing eight miles of formula without making a single mistake."

"Mathematical knowledge is as necessary to the navigator and the soldier as to the philosopher."

"The nature of my life has been such as to make me remarkable perhaps even in my eccentricities."

"I never give up searching for the most thorough and perfect means of explaining the mechanical principles."