Number Quotes
4034 Number quotes by 2939 unique authors
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Focus on a few key objectives ... I only have three things to do. I have to choose the right people, allocate the right number…
— Jack Welch
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The smaller the number and the more permanent and conspicuous the station of men in power, the stronger must be the interest which they will…
— James Madison
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It would appear... that moral phenomena, when observed on a great scale, are found to resemble physical phenomena; and we thus arrive, in inquiries of…
— Adolphe Quetelet
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There is perhaps no surer road to peace than the one that starts from little islands and oases of genuine kindness, islands and oases constantly…
— Dominique Pire
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You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.
— George Carlin
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If you want to know how many prison cells to build, look at the number of third graders who can't read.
— Mary Landrieu
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Nervous exhaustion from mental overwork is most often due to neglect of this rule and the brain worker should limit his regular day's work to…
— Unknown Author
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The brain immediately confronts us with its great complexity. The human brain weighs only three to four pounds but contains about 100 billion neurons. Although…
— Gerald Fischbach
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We need only view a Dissection of that large Mass, the Brain, to have ground to bewail our Ignorance...We admire...the Fibres of every Muscle, and…
— Nicolas Steno
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Welcome to the psychiatric hotline: if you are obsessive compulsive press one repeatedly. If you are schizophrenic listen closely and a little voice will tell…
— Barbara Oakley
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A small number of peasants - brave peasants - shot down two Apaches
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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Having my first number one single and being able to travel to places I've never been before has been amazing. The tour was also fantastic.…
— Gareth Gates
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Adventure Bay is a convenient and safe place for any number of ships to take in wood and water during the summer months: but in…
— William Bligh
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The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do…
— Woody Hayes
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We should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is to think, we…
— Jim Valvano
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I certainly support the right of the gay brothers and sisters to come together. I believe true love can take a number of different forms.…
— Cornel West
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Even though probably the majority of homosexuals are not oriented towards young people, there is a significant number that are, especially the men...male homosexuality has…
— Scott Lively
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In general, the more one augments the number of divisions of the productions of nature, the more one approaches the truth, since in nature only…
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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An Individual, whatever species it might be, is nothing in the Universe. A hundred, a thousand individuals are still nothing. The species are the only…
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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It appears that all that can be, is. The Creator's hand does not appear to have been opened in order to give existence to a…
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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In every generation the number of the righteous is small. Be sure you are among them.
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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The best number for a dinner party is two; myself and a damn good head waiter.
— Nubar Gulbenkian
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When I was 15, I had lucky underwear. When that failed, I had a lucky hairdo, then a lucky race number, even lucky race days.…
— Margaret Groos
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You have to be extreme to be exceptional. I couldn't revel in being number one. I had to get to zero. When my fitness was…
— Jim Courier
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Lesson number one: Don't underestimate the other guy's greed.
— Robert Loggia
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