Hundred Quotes

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The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa in a very bad light… — Chinua Achebe
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although… — John James Audubon
No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you. — George Matthew Adams
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he… — Henry Adams
Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her. — Jack Adams
A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her. — Max Beerbohm
It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour. — Carol Bellamy
There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as… — Alfred Adler
The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days - an average of two hundred miles a day. But we soon began… — Buffalo Bill
I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else. — Josh Billings
I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour. — Andre Agassi
One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
On the fourth day of July following, a party of about two hundred Indians attacked Boonsborough, killed one man, and wounded two. — Daniel Boone
During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused to leave me there with… — Daniel Boone
I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and kind and easy to laugh with.… — Kate Bosworth
We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to do… — Alvar Aalto
In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would have cost, I… — Lakhdar Brahimi
If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age. — George Burns
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. — John Burroughs
In 1980, Atari was bringing in around two billion dollars in revenue and Chuck E. Cheese's some five hundred million. I still didn't feel too… — Nolan Bushnell

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