#numbers

And yet I would not freely exchange my science for those of my fellow laureates. They are forever confined in their professional discussions to the small numbers of their fellow scientists. ↗

— George Stigler

#discussions #exchange #fellow #forever #freely

We're as clever as we think we are, but we'll be a lot cleverer when we learn to use not just one brain but to pool huge numbers of brains. We're at a level technologically where we can share information and think collectively about our problems. We do it in science all the time - there's no reason why we can't do it in other endeavors. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#brain #brains #clever #collectively #endeavors

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#determined #greatness #height #his #little

Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone's life savings, wreck their credit and cause financial ruin. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#bank #bank account #card #cause #credit

I'm a numbers guy, and I think numbers sometimes tell stories and sometimes they don't. When you look at the NBA, when teams shoot 45% or better from the floor, what is their record? And if they shoot under that what is their record? ↗

— Doug Collins

#floor #guy #i #i think #look

In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong. ↗

— William Collins

#pure #strong #sweetly #warmly

The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terrorist recruiters build their numbers across the globe. ↗

— John Conyers

#across #american #american troops #build #casey

True as this is, it is also true that for one who won through there were many who gained nothing, and it was, and is, the sheer weight of numbers of those who failed of this that has made their influence on the modern life as pervasive and controlling as it is. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

#controlling #failed #gained #influence #life

At the end of the day, the numbers that we're hearing are not going to be totally correct or not correct at all. ↗

— Eugene Levy

#day #end #end of the day #going #hearing

The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations. ↗

— Jacob Lew

#budget #collection #expression #just #numbers