Numbers Quotes · Page 64

I think if we give Glenn Beck the numbers, he can solve this [the national debt].

— Michele Bachmann

The number of lines of code a programmer can write in a fixed period of time is the same independent of the…

— Fernando J. Corbato

No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive.

— Abraham Lincoln

The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they…

— Anne Geddes

I didn't leave Wall Street because the work was against my nature - I do have a pretty good head for numbers.…

— Chang-Rae Lee

When would I stop being second choice? Would I ever be number one to the person I cared most about in the…

— A. Meredith Walters

There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number…

— Robert Wyatt

You know, being America, being the land of "number ones", everyone wants to be a leader before they follow.

— Branford Marsalis

President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction.' But, clearly, the…

— Bob Beauprez

'Rescue From Gilligan's Island' was the first of the so-called reunion shows on the networks, getting a 54 share. With numbers like…

— Sherwood Schwartz

On the blockchain, you have a public ledger, which is the form of ownership. That means you are not doing net settlement…

— Patrick M. Byrne

There are unprecedented numbers of movements for human rights and freedoms. But the dominant worldviews in academia, like materialism and naturalism, deny…

— Nancy Pearcey

The number of those 19 to 25 with private insurance increased from 51 to 55.8 percent, and the percentage of uninsured fell…

— Michelle Singletary

If you don't have that Singapore core, you can top up the numbers, but you are no longer Singapore. It doesn't feel…

— Lee Hsien Loong

“Anything you try to quantify can be divided into any number of "anythings," or become the thing - the unit - itself.…

— Mort W. Lumsden

But actually a code is a language for translating one thing into another. And mathematics is the language of science. My big…

— Marcus du Sautoy

So what were Europeans telling their leaders? The general message was perfectly summed up by the cartoonist Chappatte, who drew a group…

— Timothy Garton Ash

It cannot but affect our philosophy favorably to be reminded of these shoals of migratory fishes, of salmon, shad, alewives, marsh-bankers, and…

— Henry David Thoreau

If we remembered everything, we should on most occasions be as ill off as if we remembered nothing. It would take us…

— William James

What is mathematics? Ask this question of person chosen at random, and you are likely to receive the answer "Mathematics is the…

— Keith Devlin

We have good reason to believe that memories of early childhood do not persist in consciousness because of the absence or fragmentary…

— Selma Fraiberg

Stage charm guarantees in advance an actor's hold on the audience, it helps him to carry over to large numbers of people…

— Constantin Stanislavski

Okay, look at it this way: if the evening news has a very high probability of being accurate, then it's highly improbable…

— William Lane Craig

Whenever a single definite object is made the supreme end of the State, be it the advantage of a class, the safety…

— Lord Acton

To me, the biggest surprise is that Google still functions despite the explosion in the number of sites.

— Robert Cailliau

It's unfortunate when people say you can't wear skirts or do item numbers, or a girl can't dress in a certain way.…

— Sonam Kapoor

Beware of putting all your focus into results. While results are important, your people should be your number one area of focus.

— Ken Blanchard

Being in the health industry can do a major number on your head when it comes to body image.

— Kathryn Budig

It's never been true, not anywhere at anytime, that the value of a soul, of a human spirit, is dependent on a…

— Geneen Roth

Obviously Iran is a very large problem. It's hard to decide what the number one issue [is], but that is a very…

— Madeleine Albright

Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any…

— John Yoo

I had all this attention from all these girls that would have never liked me in school, coming up to me and…

— Calum Hood

I've always thought that one of the the great thing about physics is that you can add more digits to any number…

— Randall Munroe

In this metropolis a number of lurking leeches infamously gain subsistence by practicing on the credulity of women.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

My cards do big numbers, I'm always on big cards, I'm always entertaining the crap out of the crowds.

— Greg Hardy

The number one thing is creating this world ["Trolls" ] - what the world is going to look like, feel like and…

— Walt Dohrn

Rule number three: Best friends always think you deserve the best guy even if the best guy barely knows you exist.

— Candace Bushnell

Look, let me put it this way: with me, you’re number one and there isn’t even a number two.

— Charles Bukowski

From 1971 to 1993, my family lived in a number of African countries, including Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria, as well as Uganda itself.

— Giles Foden

I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

— Mae West