Numerically Measuring Quotes & Sayings

Up to now, the philosophers of emergence have struggled to interpret the world. But they are now starting to change it. — Steven Johnson

[S]tudies show that one of the best ways to lift your mood is to engineer an easy success, such as tackling a long-delayed chore. — Gretchen Rubin

Women always figure out the truth. — Alan Dean Foster

Honor is infinitely more valuable than positions of honor. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

If you're from Oakland, and you're not a Raiders fan, then you're not from Oakland. — Zendaya

Anyone who's seen the Wigan [League] players stripped has been faced with the raw truth of the matter ... No time for male modelling, and even Princess Di would think twice about getting too close to that lot. — Colin Welland

Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls. — Bob Hope

I believe I was impatient with unintelligent people from the moment I was born: a tragedy - for I am myself three-parts a fool ... — Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Control does not come from strong police forces, does not come from oppression and repression, does not come from violating people's rights or giving the security systems undue powers — Hanan Ashrawi

As far as my favorite songs to perform live, most of the songs we did live were my favorite. If they weren't, I would have gotten rid of them. — Johnny Ramone

My mother imparted her daily truths so she could help my older brothers and me rise above our circumstances. We lived in San Francisco's Chinatown. Like most of the other Chinese children who played in the back alleys of restaurants and curio shops, I didn't think we were poor. My bowl was always full, three five-course meals every day, beginning with a soup full of mysterious things I didn't want to know the names of. — Amy Tan

Friends are sometimes the only thing that keep us from plunging into the abyss. But you have to reach for them, and they have to be there on the other side of the cliff reaching out to you too. — Wendy Mills