Quotes About Number 28

#1. An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs would never make a good program. - Author: Linus Torvalds

#2. When people meet me, I hope that they say this: 'This is a guy who, number one, loves the Lord, but he also loves people, and he wants to make a difference in people's life. And he wants to help everyone he comes in contact with, and he is genuine, he is real, and he cares about people.' - Author: Tim Tebow

#3. Some types of environmental restoration projects are well-known; restored wetlands, for instance, or coal mine reclamation projects. Recently though, larger dam removal projects have started, a number of them in Washington state. - Author: Matt Gonzalez

#4. Every one of my novels could be entitled The Unbearable Lightness of Being or The Joke or Laughable Loves; the titles are interchangeable, they reflect the small number of themes that obsess me, define me, and unfortunately, restrict me. Beyond these themes, I have nothing else to say or write. - Author: Milan Kundera

#5. I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability. - Author: Bertrand Russell

#6. If an NSA, FBI, CIA, DIA, etc analyst has access to query raw SIGINT databases, they can enter and get results for anything they want. Phone number, email, user id, cell phone handset id (IMEI), and so on - it's all the same. - Author: Edward Snowden

#7. Do you want to feel insecure? Count the number of Christmas cards you sent out, and then count those you received. - Author: Milton Berle

#8. As has repeatedly been stated, the underlying hypothesis, which in a number of cases has been supported by direct experimental evidence, is that each gene controls the production, function, and specificity of a particular enzyme. - Author: Edward Lawrie Tatum

#9. Rule number four for me as a writer? Plotlines are like sharks: They either keep moving or they die. ~J.R. Ward - Author: J.R. Ward

#10. There are plenty fish in the sea, but a good number of them are venomous. - Author: Matshona Dhliwayo

#11. But names no longer meant anything. On Lunamere, everyone became a number in the end.
Deep in the belly of hell incarnate Valen became 377. - Author: Sasha Alsberg

#12. There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control. - Author: Edward Zwick

#13. Reason number five hundred why it was advisable to have oneself for a boss: Even when you hadn't earned it, you could still treat yourself to a coffee break. - Author: Becky Wade

#14. Thinking about averting plane crashes in 1935, or stopping infections of central lines in 2003, or rescuing drowning victims today, I realized that the key problem in each instance was essentially a simple one, despite the number of contributing factors. - Author: Atul Gawande

#15. Danny, give me the phone." Isobel thrust her hand out for the receiver. "And you can forget the five bucks."
"I was gonna charge you three-fifty anyway," he said, holding the phone just out of reach. "He knew he hadn't dialed the wrong number, so I had to tell him you were on the crapper. - Author: Kelly Creagh

#16. Prayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian's relationship with God. It's how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of people, young and old, new and even long-time Christians, say they're not satisfied with their prayer life. - Author: Joyce Meyer

#17. The novelist, unlike many of his colleagues, makes up a number of word-masses roughly describing himself (roughly: niceties shallcome later), gives them names and sex, assigns them plausible gestures, and causes them to speak by the use of inverted commas, and perhaps to behave consistently. - Author: E. M. Forster

#18. In the Year 2000 due to the declining number of champions in the world, Wheaties will change its slogan to 'Breakfast of Sexual Deviants. - Author: Conan O'Brien

#19. Under the law established by the possessor of the greatest number of devices, sickness and the sick will flourish. - Author: Italo Svevo

#20. Greed has been with human beings forever. We have a number of things in our species that you would call 'the dark side,' and greed is one of them. If you don't put certain structures in place or restrictions on those parts of our being that come from that dark place, then it gets out of control. - Author: Michael Moore

#21. Jake Sullivan: FDR can go to hell. I'm a man. Not a type, not a number, and sure as hell not something that can be summed up as a logo to wear on my sleeve. A man. And I ain't registering nothing. - Author: Larry Correia

#22. A high percentage of organisations develop a military rationale, whereby only a very small number of people make all of the decisions. There is little wonder, then, that people aren't keen to get out of bed and come to work on a Monday morning. - Author: Ricardo Semler

#23. My work is very much like the restaurant critic's - a number of factors come together to make for a strong review. - Author: Hank Stuever

#24. I have been very interested in the number of kids who have read the Sherlock Holmes books after reading the Mary Russell books. That's great. That's more or less how I rediscovered the Holmes books. - Author: Laurie R. King

#25. I never finished any of my early stories. They were all beginnings, an endless number of beginnings. - Author: George R R Martin

#26. I've have a number of violent tics. With Tourette syndrome, there's not just compulsive actions, but compulsive thoughts as well. That used to scare my mother a lot. - Author: Dash Mihok

#27. The next minute or so was spent howling on the ceiling . Imp No.1 joined in, but he wasn't really feeling it. It shouldn't be "Who do we hate?", he thought, it really should be "whom", but this probably wasn't a good time to bring that up. - Author: Eoin Colfer

#28. At this stage, don't take any of your statistics too literally and don't let any single number dominate your strategic thinking. - Author: Anonymous

#29. There are probably only a certain number of people who can understand or tolerate how long a job will take and what demands it puts on you. And why should they? It breeds a strange kind of selfishness immersing yourself in a character for so long. - Author: Dominic Cooper

#30. I think Eleanor Roosevelt's so popular at Allenswood because it's the first time she is, number one, free. But it's the first time somebody really recognizes her own leadership abilities and her own scholarly abilities. - Author: Blanche Wiesen Cook

#31. There's been an increase in the number of Iraqis in training, but more Americans are dying and violence is increasing. - Author: Lawrence Korb

#32. 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. - Author: John McEnroe

#33. Historians turning their hands to fiction are all the rage. Since Alison Weir led the way in 2006, an ever-growing number of established non-fiction writers - Giles Milton, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Harry Sidebottom, Patrick Bishop, Ian Mortimer and myself included - have written historical novels. - Author: Saul David

#34. My number one goal was not getting 'A's' - and I proved it. I was a 'C' student. You have to be ready to learn. If you're not interesting in learning, it doesn't work. As I grew older and wanted to learn and desperately wanted inside information, learning was a lot easier. - Author: Brian Lamb

#35. Incineration does not equal human digestion; eating a fireplace log will not store the same number of calories as burning one will produce. - Author: Timothy Ferriss

#36. Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and psychologists have certainly confronted a fair number of sticky issues around how to measure, and even define, happiness. - Author: Adam Davidson

#37. There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for me as a youth was jazz. - Author: Robert Wyatt

#38. I have made a number of movies that I have never seen. It's not a matter of ego. It's a matter of being disappointed. It's really a shame. It's just as difficult to make a movie that no one cares about as to make a hit. - Author: Christopher Walken

#39. The "what-ifs": they'll do a number on you. - Author: Wally Lamb

#40. Yes, I have been forced to whittle down the facts, and to be a liar, but it is not one universe, there are millions, almost as many as the number of human eyes and brains in existence, that awake every morning. - Author: Marcel Proust

#41. The truth is that contraception saves lives, prevents unplanned pregnancies, improves outcomes for children and reduces the number of abortions. - Author: Ann McLane Kuster

#42. It's not like I didn't think I had any demons. I did, but I could name them- and even provide an address and telephone number for each. As far as I was concerned, those demons could go to therapy instead of me. - Author: Lisa Lutz

#43. I tell people, 'I was born in a little house at the dead end of a dirt road that had no name and no number, and you can go anywhere from nowhere.' - Author: Robert H. Schuller

#44. Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up. - Author: Donald Rumsfeld

#45. More than once Jesus deliberately addressed certain issues that quickly diminished the number of onlookers. It was commitment that thinned the ranks. - Author: Charles R. Swindoll

#46. First, we did rank everybody by risk, and New York comes out number one. - Author: Michael Chertoff

#47. I think Israel, as a number of commentators pointed out, is becoming an insane state. And we have to be honest about that. While the rest of the world wants peace, Europe wants peace, the US wants peace, but this state wants war, war and war. - Author: Norman Finkelstein

#48. Sometimes you take a job for the money, sometimes you take it for the location, sometimes you take it for the script; there are just a number of reasons, and ultimately what you see is the whole landscape of it. But I can tell you from behind the scenes - that's what it is, as an actor. - Author: Viola Davis

#49. My men and women are loyal and will fight to the bloody end," he said, his broad shoulders holding the weight of a staggering number of lives, "but I'm afraid I am about to lead them into certain death. - Author: Nalini Singh

#50. I saw with regret, (and all scientific men have shared this feeling) that whilst the number of accurate instruments was daily increasing, we were still ignorant - Author: Alexander Von Humboldt

#51. When the show opens, fans can text to a number we flash up on the screen, and then we do a meet-and-greet with 60 to 80 people every night. It's something I love doing, and I would say that's probably more fans than most artists bring backstage after a show. - Author: Luke Bryan

#52. Mexico is an important trading partner, it's the number one trading partner for the state of Texas. We have had dealings with them, shared a border with them. We have had our challenges, but at the end of the day we want a good relationship with Mexico. - Author: Rick Perry

#53. My own electorate, which I represented for 36 years as an anti-apartheid politician, had a considerable number of Jewish voters supporting me throughout my career. - Author: Helen Suzman

#54. Being mum is a number one job. That takes priority. - Author: Jasmine Guinness

#55. If I could write the beauty of your eyes And in fresh numbers number all your graces, The age to come would say, 'This poet lies; Such heavenly touches ne'er touch'd earthly faces.' - Author: William Shakespeare

#56. A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. - Author: Henry David Thoreau

#57. I will not be able to rule without you. You and I have the same responsibility. I do, as Bolivia's number one servant. Servant - one who serves the nation, not one whom the nation serves. - Author: Carlos Mesa

#58. He has Lightbringer. He talks of heads upon the walls of Winterfell. He knows about the spearwives and their number." He knows about Mance Rayder. "No. There is truth in there. - Author: George R R Martin

#59. From 1783 at the end of the American Revolution to 1861, the number of slaves in the United States increased five times over, and all this expansion produced a powerful nation. - Author: Edward E. Baptist

#60. The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference. - Author: Naveen Jain

#61. When I look at my life and the lives of my female friends these days - with our dizzying number of opportunities and talents - I sometimes feel as though we are all mice in a giant experimental maze, scurrying around frantically, trying to find our way through. - Author: Elizabeth Gilbert

#62. A bulger of a place it is. The number of the ships beat me all hollow, and looked for all the world like a big clearing in the West, with the dead trees all standing. - Author: Davy Crockett

#63. If you have a problem with me, call me. If you don't have my number then that means you don't know me well enough to have a problem. - Author: Eleanor Calder

#64. It takes all my strength to do daily tasks. To some people, I'm just a number. I'm a projected food stamps debit card lifetime member. I'm seen as crazy or insane, but it doesn't matter. I know I am bigger than my suffering. - Author: Jacquelyn Nicole Davis

#65. Rule number one for kids: They must ask to play with the dog. Ultimately, your - Author: Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz

#66. In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required to make it, and the greater the number of different minds which assisted in its development. - Author: Lafcadio Hearn

#67. As a result of my life on the road and the increasing number of rainy afternoons in cinemas, I began to get the idea that I might write a film. - Author: Jeremy Lloyd

#68. Man's natural life span, 75 to 90 years or so, has not increased. It is the number of us who manage to attain it that has increased. - Author: Andrew Tobias

#69. My back's not big enough for the number of targets on it. - Author: Eric Swalwell

#70. The surest way of finding peace of mind is that which helps the greatest number of others to find it - Author: Napoleon Hill

#71. Sometimes, we use the term 'growth' as a number and sometimes as an abstraction, but the underlying implication is always that, if the country grows at a certain rate, at the end there will be a pot of gold for everyone. - Author: Jamshyd Godrej

#72. Gratitude is the number one spiritual combatant against bitterness and anger. A thankful spirit naturally uproots and prevents dark emotions from poisoning the soil of our spirits. - Author: Anna Blanc

#73. I have a problem with that silver medal. It's like, 'Congratulation s, you almost won. Of all the losers, you're the number one loser. No one lost ahead of you.' - Author: Jerry Seinfeld

#74. Anything that grows is, by definition, alive. Washington, D.C. was no exception. As a living organism, the Federal Government's number one job was self-preservation. Any threat to its existence had to be dealt with. - Author: Brad Thor

#75. Then let no man attempt to number Israel today, but let everyone have a heart of flesh, a heart of tender sympathy, a heart that, like the heart of Christ, reaches out for the salvation of a lost world. [190] - Author: Ellen G. White

#76. I dish the dirt out, and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it? In 20 years, I have taken any number of stories, most of which are not true, without a murmur of complaint. But some stories you have to draw the line and say No. - Author: Jeremy Clarkson

#77. Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability. - Author: Derek Bok

#78. What surprises me is when people give me their mobile number. The other day, someone on a bus asked if I swear. I said I try not to, but of course I'm just a normal person. - Author: Christopher Parker

#79. I have found a very great number of exceedingly beautiful theorems. - Author: Pierre De Fermat

#80. Boys," said Hermione Granger, "should not be allowed to love girls without asking them first! This is true in a number of ways and especially when it comes to gluing people to the ceiling! - Author: Eliezer Yudkowsky

#81. The greatest threat to U.S. and global security is no longer a nuclear exchange between nations, but nuclear terrorism by violent extremists and nuclear proliferation to an increasing number of states. - Author: Barack Obama

#82. The death toll had gotten so bad, Mexico would eventually rank second only to Iraq in the number of killed or kidnapped reporters. - Author: Christopher McDougall

#83. Nevertheless, the concept of sustainable development is now known - even amongst those who haven't accepted it - and it's recognized, debated and followed by an increasing number of businesses. - Author: Maurice Strong

#84. In science fiction, we dream. In order to colonize in space, to rebuild our cities, which are so far out of whack, to tackle any number of problems, we must imagine the future, including the new technologies that are required. - Author: Ray Bradbury

#85. Do you mind if I call you?" Adam asked.
"You can if you want to," Patrice replied as she unlocked her dorm room door.
"Can I get your number?"
"You already have it."
"I do?"
"Check your right pocket in your jacket. - Author: Daria White

#86. I always listen to music, my passion and vice is music, I will be denied access to heaven because of the number of CDs I own, and I have gluttony for all types and colours of music. - Author: Anthony Minghella

#87. Government aid programs have been endlessly expanded, and the government has sought to maximize the number of people willing to accept handouts ... Roughly half of all Americans are dependent on the government, either for handouts, pensions, or paychecks. - Author: James Bovard

#88. Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier. - Author: Dalai Lama

#89. Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs. - Author: Douglas Adams

#90. I've never achieved spectacular success with a film. My reputation has grown slowly. I suppose you could say that I'm a successful filmmaker-in that a number of people speak well of me. But none of my films have received unanimously positive reviews, and none have done blockbuster business. - Author: Stanley Kubrick

#91. It seems to me that the soul, when alone with itself and speaking to itself, uses only a small number of words, none of them extraordinary. - Author: Paul Valery

#92. Success is the accomplishment of any number of possible aims, dreams, aspirations or goals. It's very personal and unique to you. Your greatest desire could be someone else's idea of hell; you might want to be an award-winning chef while your best friend hates cooking. - Author: Nigel Cumberland

#93. She told Tiffany that it wasn't going to be immediately, but she would have her boys back. I left her my cell phone number and my house number, so she would be able to get in touch with one - Author: Myiesha

#94. Any argument where one supposes an arbitrary choice to be made an uncountably infinite number of times ... [is] outside the domain of mathematics. - Author: Emile Borel

#95. You are employed by a suspicious number of douchebags! - Author: Leonard Richardson

#96. You are more thoughtful because you don't act as quickly anymore. When I turned 70 it was the first time I felt young for my age. Fifty dropped on me like a ton of bricks - there is something about that number - but when 70 came along I felt good about it. - Author: Jack Nicholson

#97. 'When Doves Cry' came out - it sounded like nothing that was on the radio. 'Let's Go Crazy' was number one on R&B stations, and there's nothing that's been like that on radio since. - Author: Prince

#98. A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number. - Author: Jane Austen

#99. Mastery is not measured by the number of terrible things you eliminate from your life, but by the number of times you eliminate calling them terrible. - Author: Neale Donald Walsch

#100. You can't automate in the arts. Since the sixteenth century there has been no change in the number of people necessary to produce Hamlet. - Author: William T. Wiley