Number Quotes
4034 Number quotes by 2939 unique authors
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The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than…
— Tom G. Palmer
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What surprises me is when people give me their mobile number. The other day, someone on a bus asked if I swear. I said I…
— Christopher Parker
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The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System had violated the antitrust laws in a number of ways…
— Harold H. Greene
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A great number of the women are victims to falling of the womb and weakness in the spine; but these are necessary results of their…
— Fanny Kemble
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If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design…
— Lance Loud
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In the case of judges, I wouldn't be shocked to find out the number on television exceeds the number in real life — what is…
— Jane Espenson
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Doubtless, the life of an Irregular is hard; but the interests of the Greater Number require that it shall be hard.
— Edwin A. Abbott
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Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved in the broth.
— Bernice Fitz-Gibbon
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Growing up in Northern Ontario provided me with a strong affinity for the natural environment that was so eloquently responded to by Tom Thomson and his…
— Ken Danby
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Creating new people, by having babies, is so much a part of human life that it is rarely thought even to require a justification. Indeed,…
— David Benatar
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A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit.
— Herman Kahn
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The objective of nuclear-weapons policy should not be solely to decrease the number of weapons in the world, but to make the world safer -…
— Herman Kahn
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that the number of overweight adult Americans increased over 60 percent between 1991 and 2000. According to CDC…
— Richard Louv
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Unjust social orders do no fall merely by appeals to the consciences of the oppressor, though such appeals may be an important element; history teaches…
— Timothy B. Tyson
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What makes something simple or complex? It's not the number of dials or controls or how many features it has: It is whether the person…
— Donald A. Norman
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Novel writing should never be confused with journalism. Unfortunately, in the case of Primary Colors, a fair number of journalists confused.
— Joe Klein
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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We all start out so damn sure, thinking we've got the world on a string. If we ever stopped to think about the infinite number…
— Jonathan Tropper
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It is really not the number of things you do , but the efficiency of each separate action that counts.
— Wallace D. Wattles
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If you haven't cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn't really begun.
— Ajahn Chah
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For us, from Korea's perspective, China is the number one investment destination as well as number one trading partner.
— Lee Myung-bak
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The old world is dying, but a new world is being born. It generates inspiration from the chaos that beats upon us all. The false…
— Carlos Bulosan
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Let us face it: in the world today, money and economic strength remain more powerful arguments than the number of people you represent.
— Guy Verhofstadt
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I love the laconic. Clearly, I am not of their number.
— Renata Adler
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The stable funding announced today will allow Special Olympics to grow and benefit an increasing number of Canadians. I am proud that our Government is…
— Jim Flaherty
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