I can't tell you the number of times I've been in the middle of a perfunctory conversation, and someone will say, 'Tell… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything--death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
For far too long we have continued to mark our military prowess by the size of our forces: believing that numbers of… — Joe Sestak Copy Share Image
There is no quick fix for illegal immigration. But only when we achieve better control of our borders and better respect for… — Jan C. Ting Copy Share Image
She looks like a jumper to me. Jumpers do that a lot, stand on the edge and stare out. Never kill yourself… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
As the number of available jobs has decreased in border states like Texas, cities halfway across America have begun to see an… — Spencer Bachus Copy Share Image
The usefulness of the models in constructing a testable theory of the process is severely limited by the quickly increasing number of… — Anatol Rapoport Copy Share Image
Let's go back to the beginning of the Obama administration, when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama led NATO in toppling the government… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
You can graduate a man's progress in religion by the amount of prayer, not by the number of hours perhaps, but by… — Thomas De Witt Talmage Copy Share Image
One particular aspect of Siddhartha’s revelation of the outside world has always struck me. Quite possibly he lived his first thirty years… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
It is almost as hard to define mathematics as it is to define economics, and one is tempted to fall back on… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
I finished VCA at the height of the last big recession in the early 90s, and seeing that I was not going… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
A chess master can keep track of more choices than the number of stars in the galaxy within an instant, but these… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
I think there's a need for somewhat of a mindset change. We need to have a consistent external focus. We've always had… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Copy Share Image
The time has already come when each country needs a considered national policy about what size of population, whether larger or smaller… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
We must express the view, based on our empirical observations, that a substantial number of journalists are ignorant, lazy, opinionated, and intellectually… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
I felt betrayed by him, extremely betrayed. He made me believe that if I followed a certain protocol of supplements and different… — Kelli White Copy Share Image
Originally, I was interested in athletic pursuits like snowboarding, martial arts and surfing. When I went to the Himalayas and met a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If anybody has walked down the road and someone says turn left and you take a right that's a form of dyslexia.… — Charley Boorman Copy Share Image
If the numbers are right, ICBC [Industrial & Commercial Bank of China], which already earns nearly twice as much as JPMorgan. They'll… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
For deeds to die, however nobly done, And thoughts of men to as themselves decay, But wise words taught in numbers for… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Of course, it is worth it to take the time to think carefully through your assumptions, and ensure you at least have… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn… — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
[Barack] Obama's out there saying it's the number one national security threat [climate change], and he's got his Joint Chiefs of Staff… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
You look at a clock and it tells you it's eight o'clock, you know the number of hours that has been before… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
I've never been to Hollywood. I can count the number of times I've been to Los Angeles on my hands. I've never… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
I performed six concerts all over the U.S.S.R. during the time of Gorbachev. The entire audience was Russian. There were no Indians.… — Asha Bhosle Copy Share Image
The United States has some people in Europe with whom we disagree on this matter and a large number of people in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was doing experimental noise-based music and I learned a number of things about performance. I was playing small shows - sometimes… — Erika M. Anderson Copy Share Image
Fifty Shades Of Grey proved you can write about a dude choking women and shoving stuff up their butts but heaven forbid… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
I had things with numbers - because I love numbers - but it's not something I'm proud of. I'm proud that I… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
To make flexibility work, it is not only necessary to change our attitude about who is a good worker and who is… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
Despite everything that is going on our climate and injustice in our country, we can't forget to come together celebrate the number… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
There are millions of chords. There are millions of numbers. And everyone forgets the one that is a zero. But without the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I was eventually persuaded of the need to design programming notations so as to maximize the number of errors which cannot be… — Tony Hoare Copy Share Image
Now, the country is in a terrible state, and you've blamed it on a number of things: Unemployment rate, the value of… — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
Still, you can't complain about the number of movies being made. Never have the means of making movies been so accessible to… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
If I ask you to write down the last 4 digits of your social security number, and then take you out to… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image