Quotes about numbers
numbers minorities poverty
Great numbers of Asian Americans do not fit the model minority or 'tiger family' stereotypes, living instead in multigenerational poverty far from the mainstream. Eric Liu
numbers number-10 world
If, in a few months, I'm only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I'll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1. John McEnroe
numbers america long
But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations. John McCain
numbers people defeat
I don't know how you defeat an insurgency unless you have some handle on the number of people you are facing.
numbers witch enormous
The number of witches had everywhere become enormous. John Jewel
numbers america hands
Is there a number or mark planned for the hand or forehead in a new cashless society? YES, and I have seen the machines that are now ready to put it into operation. Ralph Nader
numbers weight modern-life
True as this is, it is also true that for one who won through there were many who gained nothing, and it was, and is, the sheer weight of numbers of those who failed of this that has made their influence on the modern life as pervasive and controlling as it is. Ralph Adams Cram
numbers people decision
When people are given a moderate number of options (4 to 6) rather than a large number (20 to 30), they are more likely to make a choice, are more confident in their decisions, and are happier with what they choose. Sheena Iyengar
numbers facts lucky
It's amazing how lucky Westlife were and what we achieved. It's very rare to have seven number ones in a row. Ridiculous in fact. Shane Filan
numbers goal world
The only goal of science is the honour of the human spirit, and a question in number theory is worth a question concerning the system of the world. Serge Lang
numbers return directors
An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return. Sidney Poitier
numbers people trying
I don't like trying to influence politicians, who are themselves representative of huge numbers of people. As an educator, I'd rather enlighten the people and educate the people and let they be the ones who put the pressure on their elected officials. Neil deGrasse Tyson
numbers path avoiding
There are a number of paths that lead to this place. I have been avoiding them for some small time, now. Neil Gaiman
numbers trying demand
The trouble with everything, these days, for me, is time. There is only one me. There are a ridiculous number of demands on my time. There are so many things I'm trying to do. It's so much more about when I'm going to get time to do it, if I get time.
numbers study predictions
I don't read, much less follow, the valuations or predictions. I study the numbers.
numbers tree forests
In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others John Muir
numbers people increase
Knowledge is a public good and increases in value as the number of people possessing it increases. John Wilbanks
numbers people tea
I am a little troubled about the tea service in the electronic computer building. Apparently the members of your staff consume several times as much supplies as the same number of people do in Fuld Hall and they have been especially unfair in the matter of sugar.... I should like to raise the question whether it would not be better for the computer people to come up to Fuld Hall at the end of the day at 5 o'clock and have their tea here under proper supervision. John von Neumann
numbers sin arithmetic
Any one who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. For, as has been pointed out several times, there is no such thing as a random number– there are only methods to produce random numbers, and a strict arithmetic procedure of course is not such a method.
numbers america people
America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people. John Philip Sousa
numbers competitors copies
You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers. Mark Pincus
numbers guy goofy
I'm kind of like the goofy number-seven guy in a lot of movies. Scott Caan
numbers three number-three
Number three is always fortunate. Tobias Smollett
numbers healthy records
I prefer to record all traumas and save them for later, playing them over and over so they can haunt me for a disproportionate number of weeks to come. It's very healthy. Sloane Crosley
numbers wife matter
Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom you have fewer conversations? Socrates
numbers half firsts
The number of those 19 to 25 with private insurance increased from 51 to 55.8 percent, and the percentage of uninsured fell from 33.9 percent in 2010 to 28.8 percent during the first half of 2011.
numbers crowds problem
For solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals. Michael Shermer
numbers google algorithms
In comparison, Google is brilliant because it uses an algorithm that ranks Web pages by the number of links to them, with those links themselves valued by the number of links to their page of origin.
numbers enlightenment doe
Bourgeois society is ruled by equivalence. It makes the dissimilar comparable by reducing it to abstract quantities. To the enlightenment, that which does not reduce to numbers, and ultimately to the one, becomes illusion. Theodor Adorno
numbers economic
Anyone in politics would like to have great economic numbers. Terry McAuliffe
numbers trying sun
I'm trying to remember how you tell the time by looking at the sun." -"I should leave it for a while, it's too bright to see the numbers at the moment. Terry Pratchett
numbers mobster members
The IQ of a mob is the IQ of its dumbest member divided by the number of mobsters.
numbers knocked-down get-back
Life isn't about the number of times you're knocked down, it's about the number of times you get back up. Michael Flatley