Roughly Quotes

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If you look at the economics of Nokia, roughly half of the company, half of the business, half of how we think about the business… — Stephen Elop
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics. — Karl Kraus
What seems to set apart those at the very top of competitive pursuits from others of roughly equal ability is the degree to which, beginning… — Daniel Goleman
Difficulty is a nurse of greatness-a harsh nurse, who rocks her foster children roughly, but rocks them in strength and athletic proportion. The mind, grappling… — Kobe Bryant
The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic -- the man who actually does the work, even if… — Theodore Roosevelt
Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last. — Maureen Dowd
The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it… — Victor Hugo
Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. — William Ralph Inge
I work very regular hours, roughly 9 to 5:30. I think I have it much easier than a lot of parents. I just sit at… — Kazuo Ishiguro
All of us roughly know what memory is. I mean, memory is sort of the storage of the past. It's the storage of our personal… — Daniel Kahneman
We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastrophes. Yet this is mainly a consequence of CNN - we see many more, but the… — Bjorn Lomborg
If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now. — James Lovelock
I have done a lot of work in Hollywood myself. I worked in television for roughly 10 years, from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. And I… — George R. R. Martin
Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize motive… — Jon Meacham
If you have two steaks, one that's an inch thick, one that's 2 inches thick, how much longer does the thicker one need to cook?… — Nathan Myhrvold
Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their children.… — Walter Dean Myers
Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background. — V.S. Naipaul
I do think that, at one time, being an actress was the equivalent almost of being a prostitute. It garnered roughly the same respect. That's… — Michelle Pfeiffer
My own books drive themselves. I know roughly where a book is going to end, but essentially the story develops under my fingers. It's just… — Terry Pratchett

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