#number

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts. ↗

— Paul Valery

#distant #fine #finite number #infinite #infinite number

We've had risk assessments performed by Harvard University, which said that even if we did have a small number of cases in this country that the likelihood of it spreading or getting into any kind of human health problem is very, very small. ↗

— Ann Veneman

#assessments #cases #country #did #even

I think I'd like to stay anchoring because, number one, I'm learning a lot, and I love it when I'm learning. And number two, I also have the luxury of a stable life. ↗

— Linda Vester

#anchoring #because #i #i love #i think

Since the Gulf War, since the new World Order, America is now the number one arms dealer in the world. ↗

— Rob Walton

#arms #dealer #gulf #gulf war #new

I symbolized doping... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me. ↗

— Richard Virenque

#count #doping #fingers #hand #i

One, I have a wonderful publisher, Black Sparrow Press; as long as they exist, they will keep me in print. And they claim they sell very respectable numbers of my books, so I guess, and it's true, every place I go, my books are in libraries and on bookshelves. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#books #bookshelves #claim #every #exist

I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves. ↗

— John Wayne

#country #did #feel #great #great country

A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#buying #committees #decisions #each #fundamental

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#few #got #honest #lawful #means

I think there are a number of bishops - and I put Cardinal Mahony in that category - who listen too much to his lawyer and not enough to his heart. ↗

— Frank Keating

#cardinal #category #enough #heart #his