#thousand

In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal revolution or attack from without. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#another #arisen #attack #conquest #empires

Today we're faced with over 500 casualties, a cost of over $200 billion. And it could rise - the casualties could go into thousands and the cost could go over half a trillion - if we stay there for years. ↗

— Dennis Kucinich

#casualties #cost #could #faced #go

That was in the days when everyone rode a bicycle, and the journal had a circulation of over one hundred and twenty-five thousand weekly, so my verses and illustrations became known to a fairly large public. ↗

— Joseph C. Lincoln

#bicycle #circulation #days #everyone #fairly

So while I was in college I did a little study on the freight industry, the air freight industry. And I looked at this company called Flying Tiger. And I actually put a thousand dollars in it and I remember I thought this air cargo was going to be a thing of the future. ↗

— Peter Lynch

#air #called #cargo #college #company

I've signed thousands of documents, but never read them. ↗

— Terry McAuliffe

#i #never #read #signed #them

In a few hundred years you have achieved in America what it took thousands of years to achieve in Europe. ↗

— David McCallum

#achieved #america #europe #few #hundred

Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough. ↗

— Johnny Miller

#enough #golfer #grips #lightly #only

I am a fighter. I believe in that which is right, and the truth is, I have been the Lone Ranger for the past thirty years and I will not give up the fight. I love my public and I'll fight for you. I'll continue to make personal appearances for my thousands of fans. ↗

— Clayton Moore

#appearances #been #believe #continue #fans

I was lucky enough to get to perform on stage in front of 20 million people on TV, and 150 thousand in concerts. For 15 minutes I got to be a rock star, the 15 minutes is great! It turns into Spinal Tap after 20 minutes. ↗

— Mark Mothersbaugh

#after #concerts #enough #front #get

We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts. ↗

— A. Philip Randolph

#appropriated #because #big #billions #counts