Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace

A new, a vast, and a powerful language is developed for the future use of analysis, in which to wield its truths so that these may become of more speedy and accurate practical application for the purposes of mankind than the means hitherto in our possession have rendered possible.

Adam Cohen
Adam Cohen

If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others, it will have a strong incentive to act better.

Adam Schlesinger
Adam Schlesinger

It would probably be better if I got involved in fewer things just because I'd have more time to write for my own purposes... But if somebody calls you up with a really cool project, it's hard to just say 'no' because you don't feel like working.

Alan Patricof
Alan Patricof

Our national debt poses a threat to all Americans and is particularly troublesome both for well-established businesses and for those seeking to enter into the marketplace.

Alan Perlis
Alan Perlis

Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

Alan Stern
Alan Stern

CSF and its members believe strongly in the exploration of space of all kinds, including commercial purposes.

Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton

To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people, each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.

Alexander John Ellis
Alexander John Ellis

Rounding to the nearest cent is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes.

Alexander Theroux
Alexander Theroux

Being natural is one of the most irritating poses I know in people.

Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville

No state of society or laws can render men so much alike but that education, fortune, and tastes will interpose some differences between them; and though different men may sometimes find it their interest to combine for the same purposes, they will never make it their pleasure.