Billion Quotes

961 Billion quotes by 694 unique authors

Herschel removed the speckled tent-roof from the world and exposed the immeasurable deeps of space, dim-flecked with fleets of colossal suns sailing their billion-leagued remoteness. — Mark Twain
It is a $270 billion cut in medicare — William J. Clinton
Imagine his delight after it 'leaked' that he will propose raising taxes on the wealthy by $320 billion over the next 10 years, including increases… — John Podhoretz
The top group of fundraisers for Mr. Obama raised $457,834 for his 2008 campaign - and were approved for federal grants and loans of $11.4… — Jack Kelly
If you've got a billion dollars and you're ungrateful, you're a poor man. If you have very little but you're grateful for what you have,… — Tony Robbins
The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to… — Vic Snyder
That is the spiral galaxy in Andromeda. It is as large as our Milky Way. It is one of a hundred million galaxies. It consists… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Earth's population will be culled from today's 6.6 billion to as few as 500 million, with most of the survivors living in the far… — James Lovelock
The President's call for more math and science students is not being heeded by his party's leaders in Congress. They are cutting over $10 billion… — Jim Clyburn
The simple and terrifying reality, forbidden from discussion in America, was that despite spending $600 billion a year on the military, despite having the best… — Michael Hastings
But these days, there's also a strong economic argument for doing away with capital punishment. With California facing its most severe fiscal crisis in recent… — John Van de Kamp
By 2030 the demand for resources will create a crisis with dire consequences. Demand for food and energy will jump 50% by 2030 and for… — John Beddington
The wealthiest 300 people have greater riches than the three billion poorest. The three wealthiest people have greater riches than the 48 poorest countries put… — Tony Juniper
A fashionable idea in technical circles is that quantity not only turns into quality at some extreme of scale, but also does so according to… — Jaron Lanier
There are in fact 100 billion galaxies, each of which contain something like a 100 billion stars. Think of how many stars, and planets, and… — Carl Sagan
You can make a stack high enough to reach the moon and back, and only then will you have used your 100 billion hamburgers. This… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Last I checked, Bill Gates was worth $50 billion. If the average employed adult, who is walking in a hurry, will pick up a quarter… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Zeroes are important. A million seconds ago was last week. A billion seconds ago, Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. A trillion seconds ago was 30,000… — Denis Hayes
For over two billion years, through the apparent fancy of her endless differentiations and metamorphosis the Cell, as regards its basic physiological mechanisms, has remained… — Albert Claude
A billion dollars every week for Iraq, $87 billion for Iraq. We can't get $5 billion for childcare over five years in welfare reform. — Jim Wallis

Who Wrote These Billion Quotes

694 authors contributed a total of 961 Billion Quotes, led by these top contributors: