Sum Quotes

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The whole is more than the sum of its parts. — Aristotle
I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or… — J. G. Ballard
What is taken away is greater than the sum of what was there. This may not be mathematically possible; but it is emotionally possible. — Julian Barnes
An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human… — Clara Barton
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you… — Robert Foster Bennett
All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and… — Samuel Beckett
History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. — Konrad Adenauer
I find it quite hard to sum up my relationship in a sound bite. I feel that it trivializes it for other people's pleasure. It's… — Emily Blunt
We are not the sum of our possessions. — George H. W. Bush
I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed. The economy is… — James Callaghan
Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. — Thomas Carlyle
Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can,… — John Carmack
You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us,… — Maya Angelou
Life is a zero sum game. — George Carlin
There is no such thing as a person. There are only restrictions and limitations. The sum total of these defines the person. The person merely… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
In the zero-sum budget game, every dollar spent on this problem [illegal immigration] must be taken from somewhere else....No, we should not tolerate people immigrating… — Leon Panetta
Society is not a mere sum of individuals. Rather, the system formed by their association represents a specific reality which has its own characteristics... The… — Emile Durkheim
The sum total of each man's giving determines the standard of man's civilization. — Walter Russell
To sum it all up, I must say that I regret nothing. — Adolf Eichmann
I don't want my picture in any cigarettes, but I also don't want you to lose the ten dollars, so I'm enclosing my check for… — Honus Wagner

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