#number

Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local level. About 97 percent of the Republicans in the House and 85 percent in the Senate have signed on, and the number of candidates who have taken the pledge is even higher. It's become a party position. ↗

— Grover Norquist

#ago #become #brought #candidates #created

We want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP over the next 25 years. We want to reduce the number of people depending on government so there is more autonomy and more free citizens. ↗

— Grover Norquist

#citizens #depending #free #free citizens #gnp

Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones. ↗

— Gary Numan

#cars #contract #electric #fame #first

Strangely enough, when the Sugababes' 'Freak Like Me' went to number 1, which was built around my 'Are 'Friends' Electric' song, I had another song called 'Rip' go to number 1 in the Kerrang TV chart, so I was pulling new people in from very different areas of musical interest. That was quite an amazing week. ↗

— Gary Numan

#another #areas #around #built #called

You could put on monkeys jumping up and down and get bigger numbers than MSNBC. ↗

— Bill O'Reilly

#could #down #get #jumping #monkeys

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

— P. J. O'Rourke

#chief #convertible #devices #increase #mechanical

Developing better people should be the number one goal for any coach when dealing with kids. In trying to develop better people, we are going to develop more and better pros. ↗

— Bobby Orr

#better #coach #dealing #develop #developing

We can learn from IBM's successful history that you don't have to have the best product to become number one. You don't even have to have a good product. ↗

— Adam Osborne

#best #even #good #history #ibm

The physiologist who succeeds in penetrating deeper and deeper into the digestive canal becomes convinced that it consists of a number of chemical laboratories equipped with various mechanical devices. ↗

— Ivan Pavlov

#canal #chemical #consists #convinced #deeper

In the new century, we should continue to work together to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of developing countries including China and India and promote the establishment of a just and equitable new international political and economic order. ↗

— Li Peng

#china #continue #countries #developing #economic