Figures Quotes

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We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one. — Aristotle
I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire. — Lance Armstrong
It is vital that there is a narrator figure whom people believe. That's why I never do commercials. If I started saying that margarine was… — David Attenborough
On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I… — Charles Babbage
I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.' — Lauren Bacall
Sarah Palin is a compelling political figure. — Michele Bachmann
I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved… — Kevin Bacon
I'm a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them out. — Erykah Badu
No one can figure out your worth but you. — Pearl Bailey
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks… — Philip James Bailey
A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the three most flamboyant… — Russell Baker
I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant… — Christian Bale
But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite. — Honore de Balzac
It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people. — Antonio Banderas
We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it travels inside wires. — Dave Barry
We need to figure out a 'harvest system' to collect the produce that stores don't put out for customers to buy because it's not perfect… — Mario Batali
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see… — Joseph Addison
I'm not interested in breaking news. I'm interested in telling the story of what's going on and then trying to figure it out. — Glenn Beck
People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures. — Martha Beck
We have no right to pick out all that is noblest and fairest in man, to project these qualities into space, and to call them… — Annie Besant

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