Numbers
Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase.... The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who do survive.
- Frank Herbert, 1920 - 1986
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of the few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
- Immanuel Kant, 1724 - 1804
The rule on staying alive as a forcaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.
- Jane Bryant Quinn
Every sorrow suggests a thousand songs, and every song recalls a thousand sorrows, and so they are infinite in number, and all the same.
- Marilynne Robinson
One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.
- Clifton Fadiman, 1904 - 1999
Well, if I called the wrong number, then why did you pick up the phone?
- James Grover Thurber
- Frank Herbert, 1920 - 1986
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of the few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
- Immanuel Kant, 1724 - 1804
The rule on staying alive as a forcaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.
- Jane Bryant Quinn
Every sorrow suggests a thousand songs, and every song recalls a thousand sorrows, and so they are infinite in number, and all the same.
- Marilynne Robinson
One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.
- Clifton Fadiman, 1904 - 1999
Well, if I called the wrong number, then why did you pick up the phone?
- James Grover Thurber
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