Figure Quotes

2773 Figure quotes by 2038 unique authors

I feel most badly, though, [because] after 10 years, I was at the company, I wanted to go back to New York where I was… — John Sculley
MOST LIES succeed because no one goes through the work to figure out how to catch them. — Paul Ekman
Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those… — Warren Spahn
It is ironic that the scientific facts throw Darwin out, but leave William Paley, a figure of fun to the scientific world for more than… — Fred Hoyle
The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure, which cannot be described, but which is equal to anything — Stephen Leacock
It as if you took a lot of very good food and some dog excrement and blended it all up so that you can't possibly… — Douglas Hofstadter
In order to figure out how to make atoms compute, you have to learn how to speak their language and to understand how they process… — Seth Lloyd
Once you figure out what's best for the story, take out the rest. — Karen Russell
Most of the artists were trying to make a living, trying to get laid, trying to figure out who they were. They weren't trying to… — David Geffen
Let us fill a cup and drink to that most noble, ridiculous, laughable, sublime figure in our lives... The Young Man Who Was. Let us… — Herman Wouk
The companies that I really admire the most are the ones that have a deep visceral understanding of why people use their service, and they… — Ben Silbermann
Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own. — Dizzy Gillespie
Have you never seen a strange unconnected deformed representation of a figure, which seen in another point of view, became proportioned and agreeable? It is… — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
It took me several years to figure out who I am and a few more to accept what I discovered. Now, I'm in the enjoyment… — Jolene Blalock
I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure. — Isaac Mizrahi
Because startups often accidentally build something nobody wants, it doesn’t matter much if they do it on time and on budget. The goal of a… — Eric Ries
Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy so that they feel comfortable… — Les Aspin
Young minds - young brains - need stories and ideas like the ones in those [censored and banned] books in order to grow. They need… — Lev Grossman
The three heads of God were sundered from existence. Who shall say that this was accident? And likewise, who shall say that accidents be not… — Austin Osman Spare
As an investor my job is to figure out what will happen rather than what should happen. — David Einhorn
I was once a student in a punk T-Shirt hooked on screwed-up scenarios. Thats how I became the esteemed cultural figure that I am today. — Bruce Sterling
We can figure it out, it's not like we all have a disease. — Biz Stone
Even if it doesn't work out, the experience is so valuable to so many employers that your worst case scenario is, 'Ok, so that was… — Drew Houston
Some people can’t figure out what I’m doing. It’s not a walk-hop, it’s not a trot, it’s running, or as close as I can get… — Terry Fox
For so long I wanted to win the gold medal.Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself… — Bryan Clay

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