. . . the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting. Knitters are so compellingly clever that they simply can't tolerate boredom. It takes more to engage and entertain this kind of human, and they need an outlet or they get into trouble. ". . . knitters just can't watch TV without doing something else. Knitters just can't wait in line, knitters just can't sit waiting at the doctor's office. Knitters need knitting to add a layer of interest in other, less constructive ways.
Are global temperatures rising? Surely, they were rising from the late 1970s to 1998, but 'there has been no net global warming since 1998. ' Indeed, the more recent numbers show that there is now evidence of significant cooling [. . . ] Mankind is responsible for just a fraction of one percent of the effect from greenhouse gases, and greenhouse gases are not responsible for most of what causes warming (e. g. , the Sun).
Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next. Between two and three there is a jump. In the case of quantity, there is no such jump; and because jump is missing in the world of quantity, it is impossible for any quantity to be exact. You can have exactly three tomatoes. You can never have exactly three gallons of water. Always quantity is approximate.
If you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.
Why is McDonalds still counting? How insecure is this company? 40 million, 80 billion million jillion killion tillion. . . who cares? Is anyone really impressed by that any more? Ooh, 89 billion sold? All right, I'll have one! I'm satisfied! I'd like to tell the CEO of McDonalds, Look. We all get it, okay? You've sold a lot of hamburgers. Whatever the number is, just put up a sign, 'McDonalds: We're Doing Very Well. ' We are tired of hearing about every goddamn one of them.
Just as the introduction of the irrational numbers. . . is a convenient myth [which] simplifies the laws of arithmetic. . . so physical objects are postulated entities which round out and simplify our account of the flux of existence. . . The conceptional scheme of physical objects is [likewise] a convenient myth, simpler than the literal truth and yet containing that literal truth as a scattered part.
don't argue what you don't believe in. Rule number one, in law and in life.
Number one, one, one on wonderful WINO.
Those wishing to be successful in the market can't ignore the boomer numbers, the wealth and spending power they have.
I think we're lied to about a number of things.
Nobody brings numbers to life like Horace Dediu does.
I am a socialist and at the same time clear about a certain number of values. . . family values, environmental values, the value of succeeding at school, the value of merit and respect for work. To me these are not incompatible with being of the left.
I went to these mixers, you know, where you're supposed to meet people. And sure enough, some guy asked me for my phone number. but at the end of the evening he gave it back.
We all have a vast number of areas in which we have no talent or skill and little chance of becoming even mediocre. In those areas a knowledge workers should not take on work, jobs and assignments. It takes far more energy to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence.
I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life. Nor to any part of my energy. Nor to any achievement of mine. No matter who makes the claim, how large their number or how great their need. I wished to come here and say that I am a man who does not exist for others. " - Howard Roark
I want to suggest some of the things that should begin your life's blueprint. Number one. . . should be a deep belief in your own dignity. Your worth and your own somebodiness. . . Always feel that you count. Always feel that you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance.
We are in the process of negotiating an agreement with the United States. We will be negotiating agreements with India and China. We are in the process of negotiating an agreement with Mercosur, South America. So there are a number of these trade agreements in the major markets of the world.
A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually already dead. It is fortunate for us that we do not see and do not know it. If we knew what a number of people are actually dead and what a number of these dead people govern our lives, we should go mad with horror.
In a Balkan country, not so many years ago, a party which had been beaten by a narrow margin in a general election retrieved its fortunes by shooting a sufficient number of the representatives of the other side to give it a majority. . . . Cromwell and Robespierre. . . acted likewise.
Everyone has to remember, I've always said that soccer is my number-one sport.