Numbered Quotes

92 quotes by 82 authors

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at… — Nick Cave
All manifestation of fear is a reflection of the fact that humanity has forgotten its spiritual identity. In beginning to remember it, we put fear… — Marianne Williamson
Manhattan's always fascinating, too, just a big, stinky, smelly conglomeration of numbered avenues and streets, but it's just got a vibe that's hard to beat.… — Joe Elliott
When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered. — Ivor Novello
[For men] to feel their souls withering within them, unthanked, to find their whole being sunk into an unrecognized abyss, to be counted off into… — John Ruskin
I sometimes think that Thomas Cook should be numbered among the secular saints. He took travel from the privileged and gave it to the people. — Robert Runcie
Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris. — Elliott Carter
I inherited this collection of vinyl records, which at that time numbered 6,000, and I've since continued to collect music. As you know, vinyl records… — Frida Giannini
The days of the digitals are numbered. The metaphor is built into them like a self-destruct mechanism. — Tom Stoppard
Practically everybody (1) overweighs the stuff that can be numbered, because it yields to the statistical techniques theyâ€™re taught in academia, and (2) doesnâ€™t mix… — Charlie Munger
We declare that a great number of those who are condemned to eternal punishment suffer that everlasting calamity because of ignorance of those mysteries of… — Pope Benedict XIV
Be certain that Yasser Arafatâ€™s final days are numbered, but allow us to finish him off our way, not yours. And be sure as well… — Mohammed Dahlan
To mean understandings, it is sufficient honour to be numbered amongst the lowest labourers of learning; but different abilities must find different tasks. To hew… — Samuel Johnson
The world has known only very few rebels. But now is the time: if humanity proves incapable of producing a large number of rebels, a… — Rajneesh
I call those men worldly, earthly, or coarse, whose hearts and minds are wholly fixed on this earth, that small part of the universe they… — Jean de la Bruyere
Had but my deeds been like my words, ah, then I had been numbered too with holy men. — Bill Vaughan
I like all of the early relationship strips that were collected in 'Love Is Hell,' where I pretended to be an expert in relationships and… — Matt Groening
The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to… — Elizabeth Edwards
The days of the digital watch are numbered. — Tom Stoppard
Although prefabrication has a long history - the ancient Romans shipped pre-cut stone columns, pediments, and other architectural elements to their colonies in North Africa,… — Martin Filler

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