Numerical Quotes

54 quotes by 47 authors

And empathy is narrow; it connects us to particular individuals, real or imagined, but is insensitive to numerical differences and statistical data. — Paul Bloom
Numerical precision is the very soul of science. — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
A peculiarity of the higher arithmetic is the great difficulty which has often been experienced in proving simple general theorems which had been suggested quite… — Harold Davenport
Those individuals who give moral considerations a much greater weight than considerations of expediency represent a comparatively small minority, five percent of the people perhaps.… — Leo Szilard
We as outsiders can't differentiate between Sunni and Shi'ah, but leave it to them and they'll get over the difficulty by some kind of hanky… — Gertrude Bell
I have no satisfaction in formulas unless I feel their numerical magnitude. — Lord Kelvin
Phones with numerical keypads worked best for dialing phone calls. Incidentally, phone calls tend to be the primary function of a phone. 'Smartphones' completely ignore… — Ashly Lorenzana
The outstanding feature, however, is the possibility that the velocity-distance relation may represent the de Sitter effect, and hence that numerical data may be introduced… — Edwin Powell Hubble
Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge… — Harold H. Greene
Numerical quantities focus on expected values, graphical summaries on unexpected values. — John Tukey
I have tried to avoid long numerical computations, thereby following Riemann's postulate that proofs should be given through ideas and not voluminous computations. — David Hilbert
Nothing has afforded me so convincing a proof of the unity of the Deity as these purely mental conceptions of numerical and mathematical science. — Mary Somerville
Many persons who are not conversant with mathematical studies imagine that because the business of [Babbageâ€™s Analytical Engine] is to give its results in numerical… — Ada Lovelace
Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of numerical superiority is… — Carl von Clausewitz
If you try to improve the performance of a system of people, machines, and procedures by setting numerical goals for the improvement of individual parts… — Myron Tribus
The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of the minority, and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is a horrible fact that we can read in the daily paper, without interrupting our breakfast, numerical reckonings of death and destruction that ought… — Wendell Berry
Jake Green isn't just Jake Green. Jake represents all of us. The colour green is the central column of the spectrum and the name Jake… — Guy Ritchie
The cause of the six-sided shape of a snowflake is none other than that of the ordered shapes of plants and of numerical constants; and… — Johannes Kepler
The sobering anwer is yes - the white community is so entitled because ... it is the advanced race ... it is more important ...… — William F. Buckley, Jr.

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