The math is dead simple: it seems that the frequency of planets able to support life is roughly one percent. In other… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
According to the IRS, the wealthiest 400 Americans, who earned an average of roughly $270 million in 2008, paid an average tax… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Let's say punk rock was described to you as 'three chords of rock music played roughly.' Would that be sufficient? If you… — Novala Takemoto Copy Share Image
ISIS controls a territory roughly the size of Maryland where 8 million people live. If it's attacked and toppled, who will fill… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
When I was at Berkeley, the framework of quantum field theory could calculate the dynamics of electromagnetism. It could roughly describe the… — David Gross Copy Share Image
Just as our brains fill in the details of an image our eyes record only roughly, so, too, do our brains employ… — Leonard Mlodinow Copy Share Image
Exercise is roughly the only equivalent of a fountain of youth that exists today, and it's free to everyone. — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
Our foreign-exchange reserves when I took over were no more than a billion dollars; that is, roughly equal to two weeks' imports. — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
I think that we all stand on the dartboard of life. Roughly 30,000 people a year are going to catch a dart… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
When Katrina struck in 2005, roughly 300 deaths were recorded at hospitals, long-term care facilities and in nursing homes, according to a… — Sheri Fink Copy Share Image
Saudi Arabia is, of course, the keystone of OPEC. Saudi Arabia has had the distinction of remaining stable through all the escalating… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
Exercise is roughly equivalent to an oil lube and a filter for a car. You don't have to do it, but when… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
The longtime standard for American TV was 525 lines from top to bottom of the image. As a practical matter, that was… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
I view the work I've done related to statistics and economics as, roughly speaking, how to do something without having to do… — Lars Peter Hansen Copy Share Image
