Figures Quotes

2652 quotes by 1970 authors

We figure to ourselves The thing we like; and then we build it up, As chance will have it, on the rock or sand,- For… — Henry Taylor
I am just fascinated by this reassurance from a menacing figure. It is rather frightening. — Rory Bremner
Oh, figures!' answered Ned. 'You can make figures do whatever you want. — Jules Verne
Unlike cats dogs never scratch you when you wash them. They just become very sad and try to figure out what they did wrong. — Dave Barry
All day long I add up columns of figures and make everything balanced. I come home. I sit down. I look at a Kandinsky and… — Unknown Author
"Freedom, individualism, authenticity and being yourself so long as you don't hurt another's physical person or property: Sustained success comes only when you take what's… — Marcus Buckingham
It is 11 years since I have seen my figure in a glass [mirror]. The last reflection I saw there was so disagreeable I resolved… — Mary Wortley Montagu
I've had meetings where a guy actually told me, "What we're trying to figure out is how we can control you." In the meeting, to… — Kanye West
A merchant is someone who figures out how to select, how to smell, how to identify, how to feel, how to time, how to buy,… — Millard Drexler
Adaptation is a profound process. Means you figure out how to thrive in the world. — Unknown Author
Food is a product of supply and demand, so try to figure out where the supplies are fresh, the suppliers are creative, and the demanders… — Tyler Cowen
In the theatre, words are eighty to eighty-five percent of the importance of what is happening to you for your comprehension. In film, words are… — Nicholas Ray
The most important part of the daily ministration was the service performed in behalf of individuals. ... By his own hand the animal was then… — Ellen G. White
Courage is a hard thing to figure. You can have courage based on a dumb idea or mistake but youâ€™re not supposed to question adults… — Michael Oher
I figure people drift toward liberalism at a young age, and I always hope that they change when they see how the world really is. — Johnny Ramone
Figure out what something is worth and pay a lot less. — Joel Greenblatt
The secret to investing is to figure out the value of something - and then pay a lot less. — Joel Greenblatt
It is easy to be accurate if you have the freedom to be complicated, and it is very easy to be simple if you have… — David Boies
A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what… — Whitey Herzog
The â€˜Iâ€™ character in journalism is almost pure invention. Unlike the â€˜Iâ€™ of autobiography, who is meant to be seen as a representation of the… — Janet Malcolm

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