#double

My aunty says I'm the double of my father. He was a workaholic, which I've definitely inherited. And like me, he could be the life and soul of the party, but also quite withdrawn. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#could #definitely #double #father #i

The larger point is this: We've invested over half a billion dollars in New York since this department was stood up. We've given New York more money, by more than double, than any other city in the country. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

#billion #city #country #department #dollars

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#doubled #form #gratitude #happiness #highest

What's going to make me happy is going on the court and holding up trophies, singles and doubles. ↗

— Serena Williams

#doubles #going #happy #holding #make

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#double #half #his #man #troubles

A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it. ↗

— Oscar Levant

#comes #cross #double #man #politician

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#deceiver #double #pleasure

We could live at the present day without a Plato, but a double number of Newtons is required to discover the secrets of nature, and to bring life into harmony with the laws of nature. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#could #day #discover #double #harmony

An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million. ↗

— Gary Miller

#double #estimated #illegal #illegal immigrants #immigrant

In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades. ↗

— Gary Miller

#because #comprehensive #crude #crude oil #decades