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Numbers Quotes by Steven Pinker
- The task of evolutionary psychology is not to weigh in on human nature, a task better left to others. It is to add the satisfying…
- It is true that raids and battles killed a tiny percentage of the numbers that die in modern warfare. But in tribal violence, the clashes…
- Statisticians tell us that people underestimate the sheer number of coincidences that are bound to happen in a world governed by chance.
- 'Capitalism' is a dirty word for many intellectuals, but there are a number of studies showing that open economies and free trade are negatively correlated…
- I do look for openings where I can overturn popular misconceptions, but unlike Christopher Hitchens, I am neither a contrarian nor a lone heretic. I…
- Tom Hanks, who starred in 'The Da Vinci Code,' turns out to be related to a number of the historic characters that feature in 'The…
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- When I immersed myself in prayer and united myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all over the world at… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
- Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves… — Bernard Baruch
- We need to gather everyone we can. Damien scoffed. Uh, boss, hate to be a pall, but I think everyone we can… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
- All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are… — Isaac Asimov
- No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously… — Abigail Adams
- The number one thing I am earnestly attracted to is intelligence. Writers are thus the pinnacle of intelligence. While actors are great… — Unknown Author
- Number one, it is important that we fix the legal immigration system, because right now we've got a backlog that means years… — Barack Obama