Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Madison

Reason, on the contrary, assures us, that as in so great a number, a fit representative would be most likely to be found, so the choice would be less likely to be diverted from him, by the intrigues of the ambitious, or the bribes of the rich.

James Madison

The defect of power in the existing confederacy, to regulate the commerce between its several members is in the number of those which have been clearly pointed out by experience . . . . A very material object of this power was the relief of the States which import and export through other States from the improper contributions levied on them by the latter.

James Madison

The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state.

John Oliver

You don't need people’s opinion on a fact. You might as well have a poll asking: ‘Which number is bigger, 15 or 5?’ or ‘Do owls exist?’ or ‘Are there hats?'

John Dean

Americans like to give their President the benefit of the doubt. If you look at the poll numbers, people knew Nixon was deeply involved in Watergate and stayed with him for a long time. It's a natural tendency.

John Dewey

Experience, in short, is not a combination of mind and world, subject and object, method and subject matter, but is a single continuous interaction of a great diversity (literally countless in number) of energies.

John Calvin

For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind. We ought, rather, utterly to defy them.

John Berendt

Rule number one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.

John Avery

Success is doing the best you possibly can with what you've been given. There are an alarming number of wealthy failures in the world today.

John Bachman

I have seen one shrike occupy himself for hours in sticking up on thorns, a number of small fishes that the fishermen had thrown on the shore. The fishes dried up and decayed.

John B. S. Haldane

While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.

Jimmy Wales

Massive numbers of people are going to come online from cultures we don't normally interact with.

Jimmy Fallon

According to a new poll, the number of Americans who trust Hillary is dropping. Specifically into a hole that Hillary covered with leaves.

George Leonard

The simplest single-celled organism oscillates to a number of different frequencies, at the atomic, molecular, sub-cellular, and cellular levels. Microscopic movies of these organisms are striking for the ceaseless, rhythmic pulsation that is revealed. In an organism as complex as a human being, the frequencies of oscillation and the interactions between those frequencies are multitudinous.

George Ade

Even the elders can give a number of helpful hints.

George A. Sheehan

Why race? The need to be tested, perhaps; the need to take risks; and the chance to be number one.

Geoff Davis

The sheer magnitude of Speaker Pelosis spending spree is mind boggling. Most of us do not use the number 1,000,000,000,000 in our daily lives, so it is difficult to attach tangible value to the figure.

Garrett Hardin

The three filters [against folly] operate through these particular questions: Literacy: What are the words? Numeracy: What are the numbers? Ecolacy: And then what?

Garrison Keillor

The relationship between truth and a newspaper is like the relationship between the color green and the number seven. Occasionally you will see the number seven written in green, but you learn not to expect this.

Francois Truffaut

The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number of friends the director has.

Gaylord Nelson

The issues are by some geometric number - 100 or 200 or 500 - times more complicated today than we appreciated them to be when Franklin Roosevelt was around.

Geddy Lee

But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and sight me - as well as Alex and Neil - as a musician who has been a positive influence on their playing.

Lord Acton

Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.

Edward Tufte

If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers.

Edgerrin James

To be the best of all time, you have to do it over and over. I want to keep it up, and then the numbers will speak for themselves.

Eckhart Tolle

A huge number of people are going through the process of awakening, some in the early stages, some in later stages, and it's wonderful to see.

Hermann Ebbinghaus

On the basis of the familiar experience that that which is learned with difficulty is better retained, it would have been safe to prophesy such an effect from the greater number of repetitions.

Jose Carreras

I can't see why we can't toss in a Junior Walker or Wilson Pickett number in every once in a while.

Jorge Luis Borges

The universe is composed of an indefinite and perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries.

Kevin Spacey

I actually have a number of lovely watches from the International Watch Company.

Kurt Fuller

I didn't watch the Emmys because - well, for one, I have been to awards shows, and I understand how it works. For another, sour grapes. Actually, that's probably number one.

Khalil Gibran

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.

Kerry Washington

There are already a number of gatherings centered around women of color who are doing inspiring work.