> “Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?” In one case a member of the Upper, and in the other a member of the Lower, House put this question. I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

This was the most memorable quote from his autobiography for me!

GIGO - Garbage In Garbage Out - was the first think taught to me in school in Computer Class.

I always used to think why they taught us that - it's common sense! Turns out people have been asking this question since the conception of programmable computers!