#large number

I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#books #buy #i #large #large numbers

Now, there are a very large number of bodily movements, having their source in our nervous system, that do not possess the character of conscious actions. ↗

— Wilhelm Wundt

#bodily #character #conscious #having #large

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. ↗

— Voltaire

#large #large numbers #numbers #punished #sound

Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#humane #just #large #large numbers #notion

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#large #large numbers #men #numbers #results

And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect. ↗

— Seth Godin

#align #because #change #connect #factories

So why sign your name in blood for more? It seemed like a sensible arrangement for me. I didn't sell large numbers of records and the record company paid advances they rarely recouped. ↗

— David Knopfler

#arrangement #blood #company #i #large

There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity. ↗

— John Knowles

#anonymity #difficult #drawback #ever #feeling

I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out in disproportionately large numbers and thus exercise a disproportionate influence on the outcome. ↗

— Robert Casey

#am #because #certain #democratic #disproportionate

The most powerful recent innovation in government is when states aggressively use community colleges for retraining. In Michigan, where large numbers of workers were displaced from the manufacturing industry, we created a wildly successful program: No Worker Left Behind. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#behind #colleges #community #created #displaced