Sum Quotes

823 quotes by 652 authors

It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I… — Pierre de Fermat
Success is the sum of details. — Harvey S. Firestone
As human beings, we are the genetic elite, the sentient, contemplating and innovating sum of countless genetic accidents and transcription errors. — Gary Hamel
'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. — Dag Hammarskjold
It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum. — Sam Harris
The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the… — Sam Harris
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
My parents were drawn to the idea that there was space and opportunity in Australia. For the meagre sum of £10, you could sail your… — Hugh Jackman
On the political front, of course it's a zero-sum game. If it's all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it's, 'Women… — Jesse Jackson
A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of… — Thomas Jefferson
So pretty much, to sum it up, if you can freak someone out and bring that kind of emotion out of somebody with a song,… — Adam Lambert
Much of our national debate proceeds as if China and America were locked in a zero-sum game in which one's loss is precisely the other's… — Eric Liu
Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand. — Karl Marx
I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world. — Margaret Mead
He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and… — Herman Melville
And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words? — Henry Miller
Even your most talented employees have room for growth in some area, and you're doing your employee a disservice if the sum of your review… — Kathryn Minshew
The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil. — James Monroe
I will say I am the sum of my books. — V.S. Naipaul
Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but mostly in economics. — P.J. O'Rourke

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