Figures Quotes

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These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition adds… — Samuel Johnson
It is possible, of course, to operate with figures mechanically, just as it is possible to speak like a parrot: but that hardly deserves the… — Gottlob Frege
The probability for the chance of formation of the smallest, simplest form of living organism known is 1 to 10340,000,000.... The size of this figure… — Harold Morowitz
Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves. — Roger L'Estrange
...until the Crusades Islam was indistinguishable from Judaism and... only then did it receive its independent character, while Muhammad and the first Caliphs are mythical… — Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov
His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as… — William Montgomery Watt
At the time of Holy Communion I sometimes picture my soul under the figure of a little child of three or four years, who at… — Therese of Lisieux
It is not the man who is responsible for the offerings as they become Christ's Body and Blood; it is Christ Himself who was crucified… — Saint John Chrysostom
Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all — Marilyn Monroe
He may be a very nice man. But I haven't got the time to figure that out. All I know is, he's got a uniform… — James A. Baldwin
Dostoyevsky wrote of the unconscious as if it were conscious; that is in reality the reason why his characters seem 'pathological', while they are only… — Edwin Muir
This planet is an exquisitely arranged and interconnected system. What's controlled in one place is going to have consequences in another place. Our job as… — Marjorie Harris
Just say yes and you'll figure it out afterwards. — Tina Fey
Tennis is a game of angles. You never have time to figure the angles. It's practiced. It's so practiced that it becomes an instinct. You… — Billie Jean King
I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for… — George Bernard Shaw
Thank God for my computer. Sometimes when there is no one to talk to, I talk aloud so that I can get all my thoughts… — Beyonce Knowles
I ain't no saint, but I've tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God...I figure all any kid needs is… — Elvis Presley
I keep telling myself that I'm a human being, an imperfect human being who's not made to look like a doll, and that who I… — Emma Watson
We say love is blind, and the figure of Cupid is drawn with a bandage around his eyes. Blind - yes, because he does not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A woman who is very secure in herself, what she's about, what she wants to do, who probably figures that she's a prize catch-sooner or… — Spike Lee

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