Quotes of Quantity - somelinesforyou

“ There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible. ”

- Gandhi

“ Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment. ”

- Robert Benchley

“ I have a lot of memories, but I don't go into capitalizing on that. Something's got to be my own. I'm not doing the record to sit here and broadcast my memories of my father. ”

- Lisa Marie Presley

“ There's a lot of variety out there. ”

- David Peterson

“ Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time. ”

- Bernard Baruch

“ Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded. ”

- Vicente Fox

“ There are a lot of empty seats that are about to be filled with corporatists surrounded by corporate hospitality suites funded by $13 million of taxpayers money. That's a pretty sickly witches' brew for a private convention where corporations have poured $100 million into it… ”

- Ralph Nader

“ The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. ”

- Scott Adams

“ Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine. ”

- Joan Collins

“ Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. ”

- Wayne Dyer

“ There's a certain amount of skepticism that's natural. You just have to judge the particular person you're taking to. ”

- Robert Burns

“ There's a certain amount of disorder that has to be reorganized. ”

- William Paley

“ The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock. ”

- Henry George

“ My work is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels — we know their names, they number a thousand for each red ribbon we wear here tonight. ”

- Tom Hanks

“ I mean your borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes. ”

- Charles Lamb

“ The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. ”

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

“ This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers… There is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Hugs can do great amounts of good — especially for children. ”

- Princess Diana

“ For as ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood. ”

- Oliver Goldsmith

“ Even though a number of people have tried, no one has ever found a way to drink for a living. ”

- Jean Kerr

“ Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets. ”

- Henry Ford

“ Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many. ”

- Edward Bulwer Lytton

“ I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love, and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety, or fear try to call me, they will keep getting a busy signal and soon they'll forget my number. ”

- Edith Armstrong

“ We couldn't register everybody. I'm thrilled by just the number of people here. The running community has really come together. ”

- Chris Farley

“ Life in abundance comes only through great love. ”

- Elbert Hubbard

“ Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long. ”

- Christopher Columbus

“ He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. ”

- Bible

“ Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; / Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. ”

- Bible
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