Arithmetic Quotes

144 quotes by 120 authors

I refer, of course, to the debts our nation has amassed for itself over decades of indulgence. It is the new Red Menace, this time… — Mitch Daniels
The mortal enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who, in contempt of the plain arithmetic, continue to mislead Americans that we should change… — Mitch Daniels
Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light. — Claude Debussy
Crystals grew inside rock like arithmetic flowers. They lengthened and spread, added plane to plane in an awed and perfect obedience to an absolute geometry… — Annie Dillard
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. — Eric Hoffer
The secret truth of 'Celebrity Apprentice' is that it isn't very hard... 'Celebrity Apprentice' is easy like junior high is easy. All the arithmetic, the… — Penn Jillette
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing. — Mignon McLaughlin
This is a tricky domain because, unlike simple arithmetic, to solve a calculus problem - and in particular to perform integration - you have to… — Marvin Minsky
Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky -… — Carl Sandburg
What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors? — Sydney Smith
I was always looking ahead. I used to do all kinds of things for entertainment. When I was young, we had no radio, no TV.… — Clyde Tombaugh
There is no division nor subtraction in the heart-arithmetic of a good mother. There are only addition and multiplication. — Bess Streeter Aldrich
Reeling and Writhing of course, to begin with,' the Mock Turtle replied, 'and the different branches of arithmetic-ambition, distraction, uglification, and derision. — Lewis Carroll
The loony legacy of money was that the arithmetic by which things were measured had become more valuable than the things themselves. — Tom Robbins
We all have such stories. It is a brutal arithmetic. But I - I am alive. You are alive. As long as we breathe, we… — Jane Yolen
Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man gets lost in… — Robert A. Heinlein
Every form has its own meaning. Every man creates his meaning and form and goal. Why is it so important - what others have done?… — Ayn Rand
Hallie and I... were all there was. The image in the mirror that proves you are still here. We had exactly one sister apiece. We… — Barbara Kingsolver
Very possible! Possible, indeed. Maybe even probable, which, as you know if you study your arithmetic,can happen more often than possible. In other words, probable… — Kathryn Lasky
All children are heartless. They have not grown a heart yet, which is why they can climb tall trees and say shocking things and leap… — Catherynne M. Valente

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