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Quotes About Numbers

What I find very interesting about the mutual funds managers is that here are people who are the new masters of the universe. They're managing billions, yet they're subject to this quiet daily tyranny of numbers.
~ Ron Chernow
Mitt Romney's numbers are crushing Donald Trump's numbers with women. Crushing them.
~ Megyn Kelly
It would be disingenuous of me to blanket-ly love everything a woman has produced simply to make a statement that we're all in this together. No. We're in Hollywood trying to be competitive, and get numbers, have our eyes on the Nielsens and things like that.
~ Mindy Kaling
Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
I found out that smoking is the leading cause of statistics.
~ Matthew Gray Gubler
I like - I love calculus. I love linear algebra, probability and statistics, that kind of stuff. I just really like that.
~ Pardis Sabeti
Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.
~ Madeleine M. Kunin
Obviously it's a statistics game.
~ Adam Vinatieri
I do remember the numbers runners, I do remember the poverty and bread lines. Harlem stays with you forever.
~ Ruby Dee
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies; yet our present numbers are sufficient to repel the force of all the world
~ Thomas Paine
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies; yet our present numbers are sufficient to repel the force of all the world. The Continent hath, at this time, the largest body of armed and disciplined men of any power under Heaven;
~ Thomas Paine
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
~ Thomas Paine
Japanese addresses typically involve three numbers separated by dashes (e.g., 3-35-31). The first of these is the sub-area where the house or building is located, the second is the block it is on, and the third is the building number. And when these numbers are added together, the sum equals the percentage chance that you are never going to find the building you're looking for.
~ Tim Anderson
It's no secret that anybody who knows the music business knows that the numbers are substantially different in Christian music than they are in country music.
~ Jay DeMarcus
In fashion, there's huge pressure to produce results in no time. But you cannot guarantee numbers, because fashion gravitates around desire.
~ Marco Zanini
I don't have hard numbers about this, but the impression I get is that the amount of eyeballs you get from being on the humor shelf at Barnes & Noble - it is almost insignificant.
~ Randall Munroe
My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers.
~ Hans Rosling
I believe life is a gift, and I want to live it productively. I am not into this numbers game.
~ Ajith Kumar
I am in favour of migration; I simply want to control the numbers.
~ Michael Gove
By weight, you are more human than bacteria, because your cells are bigger, but by numbers, it's not even close.
~ Bonnie Bassler
With acceptance comes opportunities. And with opportunities come numbers and, most importantly, hope.
~ Julie Foudy
It's my music. It's my craft. If you don't like it, then turn it off. Don't listen to it. But a lot of people listen to it... The numbers, they add up.
~ Rich the Kid
Huge numbers of people in London depend on their cars. Fuel duty is becoming a big factor in people's cost of living. I believe in trying to ease these burdens.
~ Boris Johnson
And on the war, I think my numbers would be a lot higher if I were out there beating the drum for this war. In fact, I don't think it, I know it. But I can't be for the war.
~ Chris Matthews