Large Numbers Quotes

80 quotes by 77 authors

We live in the dark ages. If an intelligent society can destroy itself in large numbers and places the largest amount of revenues in instruments… — Frederick Lenz
Religion that is imposed upon its recipients turns out to engender either indifference or resentment. Most American religious leaders have recognized that persuasion is far… — William F. Schulz
Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful. — Bill Ayers
Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero.… — Patricia Hill Collins
I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books. — Patricia Cornwell
Only small minds are impressed by large numbers. — Arthur C. Clarke
Workers of France, it is for the freedom of the prisoners that you will go to work in Germany! It is for our country that… — Pierre Laval
As businessmen caught a glimpse of the potentialities inherent in endlessly expanding the wants of people under consumerism, forced draft or otherwise, many began to… — Vance Packard
The passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, recognizing the potential danger that the aircraft they were aboard posed to large numbers of innocent… — Arlen Specter
If the goal of the No Child Left Behind Act is to ensure that all children meet state standards, then allowing large numbers of the… — Roy Barnes
These cruel, wanton, indiscriminate bombings of London are, of course, a part of Hitler's invasion plans. He hopes, by killing large numbers of civilians, and… — Winston Churchill
And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of… — Seth Godin
The most powerful recent innovation in government is when states aggressively use community colleges for retraining. In Michigan, where large numbers of workers were displaced… — Jennifer Granholm
Technological innovation has dramatically lowered the cost of computing, making it possible for large numbers of consumers to own powerful new technologies at reasonably low… — James Surowiecki
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. — Voltaire
What TV is extremely good at - and realize that this is 'all it does' - is discerning what large numbers of people think they… — David Foster Wallace
The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to… — Terry Pratchett
If we're mad, we're mad in large numbers, at least larger than yours. — Shannon Hale
Four billion people on this earth, but my imagination is still the same. It's bad with large numbers. It's still taken by particularity. It flits… — Wislawa Szymborska
The pretense in disputed elections is that the great conflict is between the two major parties. The reality is that there is a much bigger… — Howard Zinn

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