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“The number of such as live without the ardour of inquiry is very small, though many content themselves with cheap amusements, and waste their lives in researches of no importance.”

Numbers Knowledge Waste Research Importance Inquiry Amusement

Book:The Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson...

Source: The Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson...

“Two common conceptions with regard to advertising which are held by a considerable number of people are that enormously large sums of money are expended for it, and that much of this expenditure is an economic waste.”

People Two Common Numbers Economic Waste Regard Advertising Conception Expenditures

Author:Daniel Starch

“I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.”

Believe Humans Running Romance I Believe Numbers Mines Exercise Waste Successful People Finite Heartbeat Successful Business Finite Number

Author:Neil Armstrong

“As to the number of novels I've abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that's a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort.”

Thinking Enough Numbers Effort Novel Five Figures Waste Thrown Abandoned Waste Of Effort

Author:Mark Haddon

“The prosperity of a people is proportionate to the number of hands and minds usefully employed. To the community, sedition is a fever, corruption is a gangrene, and idleness is an atrophy. Whatever body or society wastes more than it acquires, must gradually decay, and every being that continues to be fed, and eases to labor, takes away something from the public stock.”

People Mind Body Hands Community Numbers Waste Labor Prosperity Corruption Ease Acquire Feds Decay Employed Idleness Fever Atrophy

Author:Samuel Johnson

“The business of raising animals for food (with its continuous heavy waste stream of methane and nitrous oxide - leading global warming gases) is responsible for about 18% of global warming. Some scientists actually say the number is closer to 50%.”

Animal Numbers Waste Scientist Responsible Heavy Streams Global Warming Methane

Author:Kathy Freston

“Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the few voters who are genuinely undecided and the larger number who are favorably disposed but need a push to actually vote.”

Ifs Needs Numbers Failing Waste Resources Tasks Vote Campaigns Voters Urgent Undecided

Author:James Surowiecki

“Number of empty Ben & Jerry's containers: 3 - two mint chocolate cookie, one plain vanilla. (Who buys plain vanilla ice cream from Ben & Jerry's, anyway? Is there a greater waste?)”

Two Numbers Greater Waste Empty Ice Chocolate Cream Ice Cream Cookies Jerry Containers Mint Vanilla Vanilla Ice Cream

Author:Ally Carter

“No matter how dark the room gets I can always see. It looks emptier when I put the lights on so I don't do it if I can help it. Brightness disagrees with me: it hurts my eyes, wastes electricity and encourages moths, all sorts of things. I sit in the dark for a number of reasons.”

Ifs Looks I Can Matter Reason Helping Light Eye Hurt Dark Rooms Numbers Waste Disagree Electricity It Hurts Brightness Moths

Book:The Trick is to Keep Breathing: A Novel

Source: The Trick is to Keep Breathing: A Novel

“Brookfield High School. How may I direct your call? No, sir, this is not a waste- disposal unit, I'm afraid you have the wrong number.”

May School Numbers Waste High School Direct Units Wrong Number Waste Disposal

Book:The Year of Secret Assignments

Source: The Year of Secret Assignments