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...quantity is not necessarily synonymous with quality and brilliant ideas are not a function of the number of titles printed. — Carlo M. Cipolla
The danger of tautological propositions is considerable in discussions of the concept of normal profits. Because supernormal profits seem to invite newcomers to an industry… — Fritz Machlup
A colleague saw the same model-calibrating the elasticity of demand facing a Cournot oligopolist as a function of the number of firms in the industry--described… — Unknown Author
No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own… — Thomas Sowell
The number one problem in today's generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy. — Alan Greenspan
When I was 15, I left school to start a magazine, and it became a success because I wouldn't take no for an answer. I… — Richard Branson
Success does not mean happiness: it means an unusual number of industrious enemies. — E. W. Howe
It turns out that, somehow, there are a tremendous number of things to be optimistic about. — John Green
The number of hypotheses and theories about climate change are numerous. Quite naturally they have caught the public attention, as any proof of past climactic… — Unknown Author
The only hope for the world is to make sure there is not another United States. We can't let other countries have the same number… — Michael Oppenheimer
I don't claim to have any special interest in natural history, but as a boy I was made aware of the annual fluctuations in the… — Prince Philip
I am troubled by the lack of common sense regarding carbon dioxide emissions. Our greatest greenhouse gas is water. Atmospheric spectroscopy reveals why water has… — Michael Myers
Global warming - at least the modern nightmare vision - is a myth. I am sure of it and so are a growing number of… — David Bellamy
I find the Doomsday picture Al Gore is painting - a six-meter sea level rise, fifteen times the IPCC number - entirely without merit...I protest… — Hendrik Tennekes
Yes, last year we hit a record number of murders from guns [in Chicago]. And this year we are already outpacing last year's numbers. Now,… — Christie Hefner
I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery… — Roald Dahl
In a great number of the cosmogonic myths the world is said to have developed from a great water, which was the prime matter. In… — Svante Arrhenius
There are infinite worlds both like and unlike this world of ours. For the atoms being infinite in number... are borne on far out into… — Epicurus
Global warming is not only the number one environmental challenge we face today, but one of the most important issues facing all of humanity... We… — Leonardo DiCaprio
I think there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling in to their projects. I… — Rick Perry
Tolle numerum omnibus rebus et omnia pereunt.Take from all things their number and all shall perish. — Isidore of Seville
Of course I know our economic growth can't match our population growth so of course I know we'll all get poorer until we get that… — Unknown Author
I have not been one who believed in the global warming. But I tell you, they are making a convert out of me as these… — Pat Robertson
[T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is] to refine and… — James Madison
America is said to have the highest per capita boredom of any spot on earth! We know that because we have the greatest number of… — Billy Graham

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