Numbers Quotes - Page 36

• An educated memory depends on an organized system of associations; and its goodness depends on two of their peculiarities: first, on the persistency of the associations; and, second, on their number.

  William James

  Memories, Philosophy, Educational

  William James (2008). “Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals”, p.96, Nuvision Pubns

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• Volition . . . takes place only when there are a number of conflicting systems of ideas, and depends on our having a complex field of consciousness.

  William James

  Philosophy, Educational, Ideas

  William James (1983). “Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals”, p.104, Harvard University Press

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• I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into low percentage shots; control everything within 18 feet; eliminate second shots; no easy baskets; point the ball on all long shots; and prevent the ball from going into the pivot man.

  Adolph Rupp

  Basketball, Believe, Men

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• I can tell you this. It is not going to be evenly constituted and when she was Speaker Pelosi, she certainly showed no interests in having an equal number of Republicans and Democrats.

  Trey Gowdy

  Badass, Bad Ass, Republican

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• If modern civilization man had to kill the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically.

  Christian Morgenstern

  Animal, Carpe Diem, Men

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• Sure, Daniel wears number 22 and Henrik number 33.

  Marc Crawford

  Hockey, Nhl

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• I see you finally got a number to match your IQ.

  Bob Marley

  Hockey

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• Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

  Bob Plager

  Funny, Hockey, Player

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• When I immersed myself in prayer and united myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all over the world at that time, I implored God, for the sake of all these Holy Masses, to have mercy on the world and especially on poor sinners who were dying at that moment. At the same instant, I received an interior answer from God that a thousand souls had received grace through the prayerful mediation I had offered to God. We do not know the number of souls that is ours to save through our prayers and sacrifices; therefore, let us always pray for sinners.

  Mary Faustina Kowalska

  Prayer, Sacrifice, Grace

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• Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number; and not only enables us to enjoy more of existence in the same time, but increases also the measure.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Morning, Years, Rising Up

  Charles Caleb Colton (1823). “Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan”

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• It is my deep personal conviction that abortion is wrong. I hope that some day we will see the current outrageously large number of abortions drop sharply...let me assure you that I share youR belief that innocent human life must be protected.

  Al Gore

  Abortion, Belief, Innocent

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• Numbers of sales do not correspond to numbers of readers.

  Michael Korda

  Reader

  Interview with Jeff Zaleski, www.publishersweekly.com. November 05, 2001.

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• I like to look on the bright side: Every day I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive.

  Scott Frank

  Death, Suicide, Looks

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• I'll always be Number 1 to myself.

  Moses Malone

  Basketball, Sports, Hockey

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• Number four, we're going to play like winners, play the game the way it's meant to be played. Don't get full of yourself if something good happens. Don't get too depressed when something bad happens.

  Steve Spurrier

  Sports, Games, Play

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• I saw my name: THOMAS, Petria. Saw my time, 57.72. Saw the number one next to them. I'd done it. Me! Petria Thomas, Olympic champion. The feeling inside was one of pure, utter joy. Excitement, disbelief, relief, hapiness, amazement, the whole works. Id worked so hard. I'd gone through so much, privately, publicly. I'd lost faith in myself and found it again. I'd sometimes stopped believing that I could do it and that I had a purpose in life. I'd come through the darkness, and this, this moment, was the sweetest, most amazing light there could possibly be. I was alive and loving it!

  Petria Thomas

  Motivational, Sports, Believe

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• The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests; and Mr. H. Newman, who has long attended to the habits of humble-bees, ... says "Near villages and small towns I have found the nests of humble-bees more numerous than elsewhere, which I attribute to the number of cats that destroy the mice." Hence it is quite credible that the presence of a feline animal in large numbers in a district might determine, through the intervention first of mice and then of bees, the frequency of certain flowers in that district!

  Charles Darwin

  Flower, Cat, Humble

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• So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.

  Barry McCaffrey

  Goal, Priorities, Alcohol

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• So popular is beer, the world's best-selling alcoholic drink, that it is often taken for granted. Yet scientific analysis shows that a glass of beer has within it as many aromas and flavors as fine wine. Not everyone understands this, but an increasing number of people do.

  Michael Jackson

  Taken, Wine, Beer

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• I wonder what Tommy Morris would have had to say to all this number 6-iron, number 12-iron, number 28-iron stuff. He probably wouldn't have said anything, just made one of those strange Scottish noises at the back of his throat like someone gargling.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Golf, Iron, Stuff

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• Let us remember the large numbers of citizens who, day in and day out, through acts of volunteerism large and small, bring hope to so many of the world's disadvantaged. Let us ensure that this wonderful resource, available in abundance to every nation, is recognized and supported as it works towards a more prosperous and peaceful world.

  Kofi Annan

  Helping Others, Volunteer, Peaceful

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• A man is not as big as his belief in himself; he is as big as the number of persons who believe in him.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Believe, Greatness, Men

  Woodrow Wilson, Mario R. DiNunzio (2006). “Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-president”, p.355, NYU Press

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• No matter how many possibilities turn into reality, an infinite number remain.

  Deepak Chopra

  Positivity, Reality, Matter

  Deepak Chopra, Leonard Mlodinow (2011). “War of the Worldviews: Where Science and Spirituality Meet -- and Do Not”, p.44, Harmony

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• Estimates suggest that from 20 to 50 million Americans routinely, albeit illegally, smoke marijuana without the benefit of direct medical supervision. Yet, despite this long history of use and the extraordinarily high numbers of social smokers, there are simply no credible reports to suggest that consuming marijuana has caused a single death. By contrast, aspirin, a commonly used, over-the-counter medicine, causes hundreds of deaths each year.

  Frances M. Young

  Weed, Marijuana, Medicine

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• They've outlawed the number one vegetable on the planet.

  Timothy Leary

  Marijuana, Vegetables, Cannabis

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