Fifty Quote by Pete Seeger
“But if two and two and fifty make a million,...”
About This Quote
Source Song lyric: “If Two and Two and Fifty Make a Million” (folk song), 1960s
He humorously critiques how small amounts can be exaggerated into large sums, warning against manipulation.
In simple terms: Small numbers can be blown up to seem huge.
Key Takeaway
Question the inflation of simple facts.
Themes
economics
critique
humor
politics
truth
Mood
skeptical
alert
Type
cautionary
educational
When to use this quote
- political campaign
- advertising
- budget planning
- media analysis
Key Concepts
propaganda
statistical distortion
Questions to Reflect On
- When have you seen numbers misused?
- How can we verify claims?
A Different Perspective
Oversimplification can hide underlying issues.
![“Maybe I'll just write books. I'd like to make another movie, but I don't want to go back and [do] what they want you to do, to make it for a million dollars. I did that. I don't need a lot, but I need what I used to get, and they don't give you that anymore.” quote by John Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4d4/john-waters-751_book_maybe-i-ll-just-write-books-i-d-like-to_139629.jpg)
![“No mathematician should ever allow him to forget that mathematics, more than any other art or science, is a young man's game. ... Galois died at twenty-one, Abel at twenty-seven, Ramanujan at thirty-three, Riemann at forty. There have been men who have done great work later; ... [but] I do not…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/876/anonymous-1_abel_no-mathematician-should-ever-allow-him-t_651008.jpg)
