N Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with N. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.”
“Numbers have dehumanized us. Over breakfast coffee we read of 40,000 American dead in Vietnam. Instead of vomiting, we reach for the toast. Our morning rush through crowded streets is not to cry murder but to hit that trough before somebody else gobbles our share.”
Source: Johnny Got His Gun
“Numbers have life; they’re not just symbols on paper.”
“Numbers hold the truth to everything.” - Uncle Henry”
Source: Working for Uncle Henry
“Numbers leave me cold. Words can make you laugh, cry, fall in love, see life and the world in new ways, make you feel nostalgic, give you hope for the future and a zillion other things. Give me poetry every time.”
“Numbers of sales do not correspond to numbers of readers.”
“Numbers of the old people cannot read. Those who can seldom do”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)
“Numbers remained consistent. Numbers and facts attempted to bring order from a chaotic world, to make sense of the impossible. They were the foundation for colossal structures and the tiniest of clockwork machines alike. Ari loved numbers, and not just because they saved her life by keeping her alert in her surroundings.”
Source: The Alchemists of Loom
“Numbers rule the universe.”
“Numbers serve to discipline rhetoric. Without them it is too easy to follow flights of fancy, to ignore the world as it is and to remold it nearer the heart's desire.”
“Numbers should always add up and reconcile
but the only thing that can be added up and reconciled with numbers
are numbers.”
“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.”
“Numbers tend to give the impression that there's more order in the world than there is.”
“numbers that make you uncomfortable and don't relate to oranges”
“Numbers written on restaurant bills within the confines of restaurants do not follow the same mathematical laws as numbers written on any other pieces of paper in any other parts of the Universe. This single fact took the scientific world by storm.”
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts Volume 2: The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases
“Numbers, time, inches, feet. All are just ploys for cutting nature down to size.”
Source: Love Medicine
“Numbersign questionmark you" and "Asterisk exclamation point the world.”
Source: Why We Broke Up
“NumbersUSA's work was critical to derailing the 2007 comprehensive federal immigration bill, which had, at that point, received the support of President Buch, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the high-tech industry, the Catholic Church, immigrant-advocacy organizations, and several industries reliant on immigration labor, including farming, food services, and construction. During the weeks leading up to the floor vote on the bill, NumbersUSA coordinated weekly phone calls with the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, mobilized its members to engage key senators, and provided those senators with information and arguments necessary to oppose the bill. Several actors, including pro-immigrant advocates, restrictionists, and members of Congress, have credited NumbersUSA with causing the collapse of the bill in the Senate.”
Source: The New Immigration Federalism
“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
“Numbing the senses by monotonously repeating an assertion is a key element in utilizing mind control techniques.”
“Numbness keeps us from becoming.”
Source: Untamed
“Numeracy: 1. The art of putting numbers to things, that is, assigning amounts to variables in order that practical decisions may be reach. 2. That aspect of education (beyond mere literacy) which takes account of quantitative aspects of reality.”
Source: Filters Against Folly: How to Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent
“Numerado e etiquetado, ou seja, catalogado eu reorganizo a loucura da matéria bruta.”
Source: Caro Jovem Adulto
“Numerals are images of amounts. But the amounts they represent are real.”
“Numerical logistic is that which employs numbers; symbolic logistic that which uses symbols, as, say, the letters of the alphabet.”
“Numerical precision is the very soul of science.”
Source: On Growth and Form
“Numerical quantities focus on expected values, graphical summaries on unexpected values.”
“Numerical superiority is of no consequence. In battle, victory will go to the best tactician."- G. A. Custer”
“Numero 67 oli granaateilla koristettu samppanjavispilä. Lisäksi olin voittanut hainhampaan, säilötyn savurenkaan ja koristellun posetiivin kammen. Voitteko käsittää onneani!?”
Source: Moominpappa's Memoirs
“Numerology projections will fascinate you for your entire life.”
Source: Little Book of Destiny
“Numerous are the academic professors, but rare are wise and noble teachers.”
“Numerous Christians do not know how to glorify God in their eating and drinking. They do not eat and drink simply to keep their body fit for the Lord's use but indulge to satisfy their personal desires. We should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure. Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.”
Source: Journeying Towards the Spiritual: A Digest of the Spiritual Man in 42 Lessons
“Numerous encounters with toxic police officers taught me to dislike and to keep my distance from the police.”
“Numerous gifted objects; black granite
Etchings, carved statues, broken goddesses,
Inscriptions, pottery, jewelry, rough-hewn
Garnets, flowers, consecrated herbs, skulls,
Gold ornaments, weapons, prized artifacts;
Sacrifices, ancestors’ ageless prayers
Left with olden Father Thames. For them,
The sinuous streams were alive, full worlds
Of votive offerings inside murky depths,
Lifeblood pleas, observances thereafter
Troubles now vanished, solemn promises,
Treasures carefully bestowed upon
Spirits, watchful deities; faithfully
Invoking his ancient name Tamesas.”
Source: The Bones of the Poor
“Numerous patients with eating disorders refuse to eat with their families and friends, even insisting on eating only in private. Many of the practices that are seen as essential for creating and sustaining relatedness - the sharing of food, living together, sexual relationships, and even reproduction - are consistently negated by anorexic and other eating disordered practices.”
Source: Eating Disorders: A Contemporary Introduction
“Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.”
“Numerous studies document the benefits to students from school grounds that are ecologically diverse and include free play areas, habitats for wildlife, walking trails, and gardens.”
Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
“Numerous studies have clearly demonstrated that coconut oil has a neutral effect on cholesterol levels. The reason coconut oil does not adversely affect cholesterol is because it is composed primarily of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA). These fatty acids are different from those commonly found in other food sources and are burned almost immediately for energy production, and so they are not converted into body fat or cholesterol to the degree other fats are and do not affect blood cholesterol levels.”
“Numerous studies have proven that physical health and longevity are linked to eating a balanced diet, maintaining proper weight, exercising regularly, abstinence and proper sexual conduct, avoiding tobacco and alcohol, maintaining a clean and hygienic living and working environment, knowing and keeping track of your health status all the time. How do you rate yourself on all these?”
Source: Making Success Deliberate
“Numerous times, I had sleepless nights, anxiety attacks, extreme episodes of sadness, and constant exhaustion, which I could have interpreted as warning signs. Still, I was too eager to survive to listen to the warnings. The state I was in forced me to pay attention”
Source: Sometimes it's your workplace: "A toxic workplace doesn't end at the office ,it follows you into every part of your life."
“Numerous times throughout history, a single person has made a tremendous impact on the world. I don’t know why anyone would think that can’t still happen.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Numerous toxic encounters with police officers have taught me to dislike and be suspicious of the police.”
“Numerous US. Government documents exist which indicate that these objects are real and have been involved with observing Earth for several decades.”
Source: Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications
“Numers have nothing to do with planets, horoscope or astrology. If you want to learn numerology in true sense, do not mix numerology with astrological concepts.”
“Numquam enim audiendi quod aliquis monachus super puerum incubuisset, quin statim post ipsum surrexisset puer. I have heard before of a monk throwing himself on a boy, but the boyalways rose again afterwards.”
“Numquam illegitimi carborundum --
"Never let the bastards grind you down.”
-- my old Latin prof Dr. Kuk''s version, other minor variations out there.”
“Nun, es gibt noch etwas anderes, an das ich glaube, William. Ich glaube, was ich sehe. Aus dem Grund bin ich ein relativ reicher Mann. Vor allem aber bin ich deshalb auch ein lebendiger Mann. Die meisten Menschen glauben einfach nicht, was sie sehen.”
“Nun, es ist so wie ich gesagt habe. Wenn man sich die Frage stellt, öffnet sich eine Art Tor. Der Geist des Menschen beziehungsweise die Seele, oder wie immer Sie es nennen wollen, wird die Antwort ergründen wollen. Die Frage wird im Leben dieses Menschen so lange im Vordergrund stehen, bis er die Antwort gefunden hat" [...] "Warum bin ich hier?" [...] Aber für diejenigen, die sich mit der Frage auf einer bestimmten Ebene auseinandersetzen und die Antwort wirklich wissen wollen, wird es schwer, die Frage zu ignorieren." [...] "Wie erwähnt, erzeugt die Frage den Wunsch, nach Antworten zu suchen. Sobald jemand die Antwort kennt, entsteht eine ebenso starke Kraft. Sobald ein Mensch weiß, warum er hier ist, warum er existiert, welchen Grund es dafür gibt, dass er am Leben ist, wird er den Wunsch haben, dem Sinn und Zweck seiner Existenz gerecht zu werden. Es ist so, als erkenne man auf einer Karte, wo ein Schatz versteckt ist. Sobald man die Markierung entdeckt, fällt es schwer, sie zu ignorieren und nicht nach dem Schatz zu suchen. [...] Sobald jemand weiß, warum er hier ist, wird es härter und und emotional schwieriger für ihn sein, diese persönliche Bestimmung nicht zu verwirklichen".”
“Nun ist Flucht nicht nur weglaufen, sondern auch ankommen. Und die Vergangenheit, in der ich als Rechtshistoriker ankam, war nicht weniger lebensvoll als die Gegenwart. Es ist auch nicht so, wie der Außenstehende vielleicht annehmen möchte, daß man die vergangene Lebensfülle nur beobachtet, während man an der gegenwärtigen teilnimmt. Geschichte treiben heißt Brücken zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart schlagen und beide Ufer beobachten und an beiden tätig werden. Eines meiner Forschungsgebiete wurde das Recht im Dritten Reich, und hier ist besonders augenfällig, wie Vergangenheit und Gegenwart in eine Lebenswirklichkeit zusammenschießen. Flucht ist hier nicht die Beschäftigung mit der Vergangenheit, sondern gerade die entschlossene Konzentration auf Gegenwart und Zukunft, die blind ist für das Erbe der Vergangenheit, von dem wir geprägt sind und mit dem wir leben müssen. (S.172)”
Source: The Reader
“Nun, Ma, ich habe da einen Freund , der mir beigebracht hat, wie das Leben läuft - Arschlöcher laufen in Rudeln herum, und diesmal waren sie hinter mir her”
Source: The Stand