Quotes About Counting

You may discover an easier way of counting, but for most people the subtraction-by-two method works just fine. If you just have to be different, here

The day was counting up its birds and never got the answer right.

In the binary system we count on our fists instead of on our fingers.

Ten little Indians standing in a line—One went home, and then there were nine.

As I was going to St. Ives,I met a man with seven wives,Each wife had seven sacks,Each sack had seven cats,Each cat had seven kits:Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,How many were there going to St. Ives?

The difference is staggering, by a factor of 10. In the human gut alone, there are usually around 100 trillion bacteria, while in one entire human being there are only about 10 trillion cells, counting all types.

One for sorrow, Two for joy, Three for a girl, Four for a boy, Five for silver, Six for gold, Seven for a secret, Never to be told.

I spent 19 years as a local government official; I spent two years in the Iowa Senate; my daughter is a public school teacher. We're all counting on IPERS. The public servants are counting on the system they were promised when entering public service.

I do everything in moderation and count everything... that includes my wine.

I couldn't have children, so that's the bad side. But compared to everything else I have, it's not all that terribly bad. I count my winners rather than my losers.

All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact which is obvious in that no one's brain rejects it for laymen and people who are utterly illiterate know how to count and reckon.

Yaln?z oldu?um zamanlar ancak ikiye kadar sayabilirim.

Let them leave language to their lonely betters Who count some days and long for cer- tain letters; We, too, make noises when we laugh or weep, Words are for those with promises to keep.

o bater da péndula fazia-me muito mal; esse tique-taque soturno, vagaroso e seco parecia dizer a cada golpe que eu ia ter um instante menos de vida. Imaginava então um velho diabo, sentado entre dois sacos, o da vida e o da morte, e a conta-las assim: - Outra de menos... - Outra de menos... - Outra de menos...

in the snake pit. (Officially, it was called the counting room.) Lawyers for each side met with inspectors of elections

And there is his three-year-old daughter, who runs around wearing nothing but a rhinestone necklace (who wouldn't, if they could?). She is able to count, in English, methodically as a cart climbing uphill, up to the number fourteen—and then the wheels come off: "Twenty-one!" she screams in delight. "Eighteen! Forty-three! Eleventy! Twine!

Status is about counting, numbering, ranking and ultimately about excluding.

The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers.

He knows: he went over everyone, & nobody's missing. Often he reckons, in the dawn, them up. Nobody is ever missing.

If cats could count, they'd start getting nervous around the time they put paid to their fifth life.

Because I can count on my fingers the number of sunsets I have left, and I don't want to miss any of them.

The sands are number'd that make up my life; Here must I stay, and here my life must end.

dealing hands at high speed, blowing cigarette smoke at me, and engaging me in complicated conversations. Meanwhile, I was keeping track of the cards, calculating the percent advantage and my bet size, then playing out my hand using strategies that varied depending on the count. The key was to take it one step at a time, adding a new difficulty only after I became comfortable and relaxed with what I was already doing. What had seemed daunting finally became easy.

The outcome of modern democracies qualifies the counting of heads, not knowledge, and moral character; consequently, most decisions and choices, victimize itself as in such context and insight.