Approximately Quotes

141 quotes by 132 authors

The planet earth has a life span of eight billion years, give or take a few million. People have been around for approximately forty thousand… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl
Every pound of muscle burns approximately 50 calories every day, just doing nothing. — Jorge Cruise
One hate crime is committed approximately every hour of every day in this country. — Anna Paquin
We have been restraining the growth of the cost of education-that is, tuition, room and board-to be within approximately one and a half percentage points… — Charles M. Vest
Flying from the United States to Tokyo takes approximately as long as law school. — Dave Barry
Japan has a low crime rate, unless you count the fact that approximately every fifteen minutes the entire Cabinet gets indicted for taking bribes. — Dave Barry
Whereas all humans have approximately the same life expectancy the life expectancy of stars varies as much as from that of a butterfly to that… — George Gamow
According to the United Nations' latest count, of the approximately 3,000 languages spoken in the world today, only some 78 have a literature. Of those… — Barry Sanders
I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than anything,… — Stanley Donen
Every year, nearly two-thirds of the approximately 200,000 patients in need of a bone marrow transplant will not find a marrow donor that matches within… — Nathan Deal
I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second. — Jonathan Franzen
According to the study, approximately 16.7 million U.S. workers born in Latin America had a combined gross income of $450 billion last year, of which… — Luis Gutierrez
Elmer has the mentality of approximately one peanut. — Frank Zappa
It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an entering high school freshman class will not attend college, but… — James S. Coleman
I seem to produce a novel approximately once every three years. — Michael Cunningham
I attended an extremely small liberal arts school. There were approximately 1,600 of us roaming our New England campus on a good day. My high… — Sloane Crosley
While approximately one in every 400 children and adolescents have Type I diabetes; recent Government reports indicate that one in every three children born in… — Tim Holden
I always rewrite the very beginning of a novel. I rewrite the beginning as I write the ending, so I may spend part of morning… — Joyce Carol Oates
My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because the kids who… — Terry Pratchett
Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from… — Ronald Reagan

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