Fudged Numbers Quotes

The control of large numbers is possible, and like unto that of small numbers, if we subdivide them. ~ Sun Tzu

Yes, I support the death penalty. It is an issue that cannot be fudged or hedged. ~ Dianne Feinstein

Round numbers beg to be negotiated, usually by counteroffer round numbers. Odd numbers sound harder, firmer, less negotiable. ~ Mark McCormack

Why add prime numbers? Prime numbers are made to be multiplied, not added. ~ Lev Landau

There is strength in numbers and those numbers come in pounds. ~ Mike Berry

Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful? ~ Pliny The Elder

Uneven numbers are the gods' delight. ~ Virgil

Indeed, nowadays no electrical engineer could get along without complex numbers, and neither could anyone working in aerodynamics or fluid dynamics. ~ Keith Devlin

The transfinite numbers are in a sense the new irrationalities [ ... they] stand or fall with the finite irrational numbers. ~ Georg Cantor

It's a very, very tough market.
So unless you do a really good job, you buy the right products from the manufacturers, you service the customer, they keep coming back, they bring their friends in, it's all about numbers, numbers, numbers. ~ John Ilhan

Cardinal Arithmetics is much older than Number Theory. People used to exchange things way before there were numbers. Expressing numbers like 762 is already a sign of a very advanced civilization. ~ Saharon Shelah

My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics. I'm not one of those people who can just spout off numbers for things, if numbers are thrown at me. ~ Brit Marling

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else. ~ James Thurber

Stand up, be counted. We have the numbers. ~ Bill O'Reilly

There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better. ~ Mark Shields

Sometimes wrong numbers are the right numbers ~ Cecelia Ahern

She has given birth to vagabonds. She is the keeper of all these names and numbers now, numbers she once knew by heart, numbers and addresses her children no longer remember. ~ Jhumpa Lahiri

Nature is a wet place where large numbers of ducks fly overhead uncooked. ~ Oscar Wilde

I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books. ~ Patricia Cornwell

He thought again of the watch in the window. It had twelve black numbers on its moon face and there was magic to that. For these were numbers that were not really numbers at all but letters like in words. He shivered at the possibilities of such untold magic. ~ Davis Grubb

Numbers of sales do not correspond to numbers of readers. ~ Michael Korda

The hallway was lined with numbered doors, odd numbers on one side and even numbers on the other, and large ornamental vases, too large to hold flowers and too small to hold spies. ~ Lemony Snicket

If we're mad, we're mad in large numbers, at least larger than yours. ~ Shannon Hale

This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. Away; go. They say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death. ~ William Shakespeare

We all have our essential nature. If you're good with numbers, you don't even know you're good with numbers because that's how your mind works. ~ Zoe Kazan

The transfinite numbers are in a certain sense themselves new irrationalities and in fact in my opinion the best method of defining the finite irrational numbers is wholly disimilar to, and I might even say in priciple the same as, my method described above of introducing trasfinite numbers. One can say unconditionally: the transfinite numbers stand or fall with the finite irrational numbers; they are like each other in their innermost being; for the former like the latter are definite delimited forms or modifications of the actual infinite. ~ Georg Cantor

All numbers in logic must be capable of justification. Or rather it must become plain that there are no numbers in logic. There are no pre-eminent numbers. ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein

They quickly discerned the advantages of utilizing columns of numbers or place numbers in the style of Arabic numerals, and they introduced the use of zero, negative numbers, and algebra in China. ~ Jack Weatherford

Know your numbers' is a fundamental precept of business. ~ Bill Gates

I don't know whether there are numbers. And you? ~ Julien Torma

Only small minds are impressed by large numbers. ~ Arthur C. Clarke

The whole apparatus of the calculus takes on an entirely different form when developed for the complex numbers. ~ Keith Devlin

Although he may not always recognize his bondage, modern man lives under a tyranny of numbers. ~ Nicholas Eberstadt

Round numbers are always false. ~ Samuel Johnson

I have often admired the mystical way of Pythagoras, and the secret magick of numbers. ~ Thomas Browne

I had things with numbers - because I love numbers - but it's not something I'm proud of. I'm proud that I was able to send them away, because you're much more present. ~ Penelope Cruz

Dream stompers are people who want to stomp on your hopes and dreams. Lose their phone numbers ~ Jordan Belfort

Vengeance does not subtract any numbers from the equation of murder; it only adds them. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

Numbers still gave Astrid pleasure. That was the great thing about numbers: it required no faith to believe that two plus two equaled four. And math never, ever condemned you for your thoughts and desires. ~ Michael Grant

Man is the only creature disposed to kill huge numbers of members of his own species, and his instrument is usually the state. ~ Joseph Sobran

Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It's about how those police are deployed. ~ Theresa May

The solution to the problem of bad numbers is better numbers, not no numbers. The idea that statistics are a tool for lying to people hides the fact that it is people who do the lying. ~ Brian M. Hughes

I like it when you buy something and pay with a credit card, they put your credit card on the receipt, but only the last four numbers. Aha! I'm really good at guessing twelve numbers. I can't guess 16 numbers, so thanks for the assistance! ~ Mitch Hedberg

Big data is mostly about taking numbers and using those numbers to make predictions about the future. The bigger the data set you have, the more accurate the predictions about the future will be. ~ Anthony Goldbloom

War is terrorism ... Terrorism is the willingness to kill large numbers of people for some presumably good cause. That's what terrorists are about. ~ Howard Zinn

I disliked numbers, and they didn't think much of me either. ~ R. J. Anderson

We have to play it longer because there are no numbers or letters. ~ Eugene Ormandy

Common programmer thought pattern: there are only three numbers: 0, 1, and n. ~ Joel Spolsky

A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers. ~ William Shakespeare

I've had more numbers on my back than a bingo board. ~ Rocky Bridges

The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

There are infinite numbers of do overs for your teen girls. ~ Brene Brown

Inspiring visions rarely (I'm tempted to say never) include numbers. ~ Tom Peters

I am writing a book. I have got the page numbers done. ~ Stephen Wright

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

Our new technologies, combined with our numbers, have made us, collectively, a force of nature ~ Al Gore

God thinks in numbers,' Auntie Len used to say. 'Numbers are the way the world is put together. ~ Oliver Sacks

They say everything looks better with odd numbers of things. But sometimes I put even numbers - just to upset the critics. ~ Bob Ross

Most of us are unaware of our deep-seated faith in numbers. ~ Carl Eckart

Nobody brings numbers to life like Horace Dediu does. ~ Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages. ~ Irene Peter

I think if we give Glenn Beck the numbers, he can solve this [the national debt]. ~ Michele Bachmann

Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited. ~ Jane Addams

Imaginary numbers are a fine and wonderful refuge of the divine spirit almost an amphibian between being and non-being. ~ Gottfried Leibniz

Transcendental [numbers], They transcend the power of algebraic methods. ~ Leonhard Euler

There is safety in numbers. ~ Euripides

Amos and I called our first joint article "Belief in the Law of Small Numbers." We explained, tongue-in-cheek, that "intuitions about random sampling appear to satisfy the law of small numbers, which asserts that the law of large numbers applies to small numbers as well." We also included a strongly worded recommendation that researchers regard their "statistical intuitions with proper suspicion and replace impression formation by computation whenever possible. ~ Daniel Kahneman

I feel like with me being a big part of any offense, then the numbers are going to come. ~ Terrell Owens

Some one invented the telephone, And interrupted a nation's slumbers, Ringing wrong but similar numbers. ~ Ogden Nash

The more science I studied, the more I saw that physics becomes metaphysics and numbers become imaginary numbers. The farther you go into science, the mushier the ground gets. You start to say, 'Oh, there is an order and a spiritual aspect to science.' ~ Dan Brown

Numbers are the most certain things we have. ~ Andy Rooney

What are numbers? What is the nature of arithmetical truth? ~ Gottlob Frege

For me, the genders are an essential element of numbers and letters, not something that could be removed from them. ~ Leni Zumas

There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers. ~ Simon Sinek

Just under 10 seconds for Nigel Mansell. Call it 9.5 seconds in round numbers. ~ Murray Walker

Conservative talkers love to throw numbers around: their ratings and their audience size. And to be sure, they have a sizable audience which numbers in the tens of millions. But having people tune in and being able to dictate their actions are two different things. ~ John Ridley

It's - as opposed to tape where you have a magnetic tape that's excited by frequencies that you hit, digital was a process where musical sounds are transferred to numbers and stored as numbers. ~ Herb Alpert

The minute there's a map, there is no art. Paint by numbers is not art. Paint by numbers is a mechanical activity. ~ Seth Godin

The U.S.-led forces have the money, weapons and huge numbers, but these things are not going to weaken our will because God is with us. ~ Muqtada Al Sadr

We must not allow this generation to produce record numbers for the juvenile justice, runaway and homeless youth, or foster care systems. ~ Ruben Hinojosa

Something has gone badly wrong with our culture. We've created a culture where really large numbers of the people around us can't bear to be present in their daily lives. They need to medicate themselves to get through their day. ~ Johann Hari

I gotta be honest with you ... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them. ~ Garth Stein

I think soccer is more respected now than it ever has been. You can see that in the numbers of young kids who are playing and the numbers of people who are coming to watch. ~ Brandi Chastain

You might be a redneck if your most expensive shoes have numbers on the heels. ~ Jeff Foxworthy

I'm glad for the equaled record. However, the final numbers really count. ~ Fabio Capello

We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves. ~ Jean Guitton

The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into polite humans. ~ Philip J. Davis

People are voting for Conservatives in greater numbers, but it's not translating into Conservative seats. ~ Allan Gregg

Numbers are a fearful thing. ~ Euripides

Numbers rule the universe. ~ Pythagoras

Price ain't merely about numbers. It's a satisfying sacrifice. ~ Toba Beta

I think a lot of creative people have no sense of numbers and economics. ~ Garry Marshall

Five is the very awkwardest of all posible numbers to sit down to table. ~ Jane Austen

Around 1967 Dan Bobrow wrote a program to do algebra problems based on symbols rather than numbers. ~ Marvin Minsky

Huge numbers of embassy cables are labeled 'unclassified' or 'limited official use' and deal with mundane matters. ~ Elliott Abrams

Massive numbers of people are going to come online from cultures we don't normally interact with. ~ Jimmy Wales

Squaring numbers are just like women. If they're under thirteen, just do them in your head. ~ Bo Burnham

To excite in us tastes, odors, and sounds I believe that nothing is required in external bodies except shapes, numbers, and slow or rapid movements ... if ears, tongues, and noses were removed, shapes and numbers and motions would remain, but not odors or tastes or sounds. ~ Galileo Galilei

Only when women wield power in significant numbers will we create a society that genuinely works for all women ... that will be a society that works for everyone. ~ Anne-Marie Slaughter

Managers and investors alike must understand that accounting numbers are the beginning, not the end, of business valuation. ~ Warren Buffett