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A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care.

George Bernard Shaw

I have always been impressed by the fact that there are a surprising number of individuals who never use their minds if they can avoid it, and an equal number who do use their minds, but in an amazingly stupid way.

Carl Jung

I want to share something with you: The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here.

Matt Groening

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.

Alfred North Whitehead

The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.

Douglas Adams

I'm not a mean player. You'll notice I never pick on a player who has a number above 30.

Mike Ditka

The world is so full of a number of things I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

Robert Louis Stevenson

They're a very good football team. Their run game is as good as anyone's in the state. They do so much with a number of different guys.

Robert Browning

That's really an impressive number.

Chad Arko

We will have to act like a serious efficient government with a small number of ministers.

Giuliano Amato

With our method, over the next 10 years it could increase the number of new planets discovered to 10,000 or more.

Jian Ge

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.

Albert Einstein

As an actor and writer, husband and father, I have two often-conflicting monkeys on my back: Monkey number one is Creative Monkey. He occasionally digs his claws into my brains, and refuses to let go until something wonderful comes out. I love him.

Wil Wheaton

Overall, the ISM number is definitely a strong figure, as well as the construction spending report, which is much higher than expected.

Tim Mazanec

I've been number one and number 1,000, but I've hit bottom and I'm coming back up.

David Duval

Sixty is just a number. I don't feel 60.

Bob Eastwood

The amount of employees that wouldn't get transferred would be an extremely small number.

Jessica Study

We're finding our identity without number 50 (Catron). We're working on getting out on the break and executing our plays.

Mustapha Farrakhan

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

Henry David Thoreau

You have to remember those are just the people who admitted it. We believe the number is much higher.

Darrel Drobnich

We don't want to be the class that loses the trophy after we've worked so hard to get it. Keeping that trophy here was our number one goal before the season, and we have to accomplish it. Anything else would be failure.

Jeremy Chase

We've have a number of seniors here. They couldn't come in through all this mud.

Bob Stevens

A number of witnesses have heard (the former member) say some crazy stuff.

Gretchen Von Helms

As soon as they were made aware of it, they changed the number for subsequent letters.

Dick Brown

This announcement is not in response to the union's press conference. This is an announcement we'd been working on for a number of months.

Arlene Murray

In general, it reflected a lot of the recommendations the state has had for a number of years.

Bob Loux

They receive credit not necessarily because of the number of days they're here, but the mastery of their learning.

Gary Chapman

We always like to top the number we made the year before. But we're running a little behind last year's pace.

Jane Sawyer

She must be a president whose content, and not just her style, are different from Lagos'. Lagos did some very good things, but Chile needs to do a number of more good things to keep moving forward. Continuing the same policies will not make Chile a developed nation in 10 years.

Patricio Navia

It happened to work out that way. But it was competitive, and there were any number of teams that could have won. It's very much the same situation this season.

Jody Conradt

We have people doing it full-time. I don't have any number to quote.

Orlando Ayala

Asian people believe that it is not auspicious to visit places where there are a number of people who died.

Suwalai Pinpradab

You will see a larger number of competitors in this market going forward. It's an attractive market. The growth opportunities are strong.

Benjamin Bollin

We had looked at a number of areas before. We were fortunate enough to become involved with the Y and their dreams. This location was excellent and we just feel very fortunate we were able to work something out and secure the property.

Buster Smith

If you had another 'up' number, that could spook the market.

James Blumenthal

Every family has a code number. We then send out cards to the various families and they are given a time to pick up their gifts that are assembled according to that code number.

Betty Waites

AB 1263 will significantly cut down on the number of infections, but more importantly this bill should give consumers reasonable protection.

Leland Yee

Because of the increase in the number of farms where foot-and-mouth disease has been detected in Britain, and because of the presence in France of sheep from one of those farms.

Jean Glavany

There have been a number of people who have said, 'We've heard it all before,'?

Michael Chapman

I made a number of pictures, strictly C-pictures that were done on small budgets with a crackerjack director and actor who's now dead, Hugo Haas.

Cleo Moore

The reason it`s a 3-4 group is because they`re very deep at linebacker, with a number of those linebackers having the ability to pass rush, ... So you have a great dynamic in a fourth or fifth pass rusher when you have those four linebackers on the field.

Billy Davis

This is a very important deal for both companies and it's one that affects a number of different groups throughout IBM.

Michael Nelson

The fact that a physician is disciplined does not make them a bad doctor. They can be practicing a very high quality of medicine, very competent, and yet can be disciplined for a number of issues.

Thomas Reardon

In the 1970's, there was an average of about 10 Category four and five hurricanes per year globally. Since 1990, the number of Category four and five hurricanes has almost doubled, averaging 18 per year globally.

Peter Webster

The legislatively approved budget was based on the elimination of approximately 500 positions, ... The department has carried a large number of these positions without filling them, so the actual harm to individuals will be much less than 500 layoffs. About 100 of these positions are currently occupied.

Brian Johnston

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

Sydney Smith

You've got a lot of nervous Republican members on the Hill, because you've got a number of things outside their control that are affecting them. The war in Iraq is something an average member of Congress can't do much about, but it's clearly driving a negative political environment.

Glen Bolger

After winning, then finishing second in Boston, my goal since then has been to finish in the top 30 on the money list. I missed the cut last week. If I had made the cut, I might be inside that number. I did look at the money list, and between 28 and 33, there's not a big difference. So, I'm a solid week away.

Jason Bohn

First place is awesome. Number two is OK. Three is tough. Four is the pits. Then there is no number five.

Ann Winblad

Yes, we have injected UF6 gas into a limited number of centrifuge machines but it is even less than what is needed for a pilot project.

Gholam Reza Aghazadeh

We did make some changes. It is affecting a number of people. What it is all about is updating and refreshing our entertainment.

Cynthia Gordon

The number of child abuse cases has indeed increased recently, and the cases have also been more sadistic in nature.

Seto Mulyadi

We got out on their shooters and we talked. That?s the number one thing we did. Defense won the game for us today.

Doran Mitchell

As industrial designers, we?re often in the middle of marketing and engineering. We have to be looking for those engineering innovations that can offer our clients a competitive advantage. … We were very impressed with the number of products and just the innovation from a manufacturing standpoint.

Greg Saul

We increased this year in terms of the number of presenters.

Lita Saiki

We saw consistent upward growth in the amount of investment, the number of investors and the range of things invested in.

Nicholas Parker

If U.S. beef shipments to Japan will come from a limited number of facilities, we can easily check their safety. But if not, it would be very difficult to do so.

Yasuhiro Yoshikawa

The question is, what incentives and what discounts have they needed to provide to get to that number and indeed just what is their operational efficiency?

Scott Reamer

Number 4 (Connolly) really hurt us.

Barry Hutchinson

I think if the number was higher than that I would be concerned.

Tom Stevens

We're number one in domestic violence homicides. We also have a high rate of alcohol abuse and drug abuse and there's a high lethality rate when you get those factors involved, so the shelter has 52 beds, certainly it is never empty.

Diana Burch

Our focus was to reduce the number of bags given.

Pat Wilson

[Although the Indian government is working toward better laws, the future seems bleak. According to Duggal,] In the future, India will become a den for cyber criminals. ... Dependence on the internet and mobile phones has increased so much that such crimes are likely to increase in number and intensity.

Ankit Fadia

The challenge here comes because Dave was extremely successful in a number of economic development efforts, especially working in a diverse community, including many communities outside Ames.

Steve Carter

Politics has a number of definitions, and especially at the senior general and admiral level, there's a good deal of jockeying.

Joseph Dawson

I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.

Buzz Aldrin

We would need a very bad trade number to hurt the dollar against the euro, given positive dollar sentiment at the moment.

Carsten Fritsch

If you talk to a number of neurologists, you will get differing opinions.

Nicholas Larocca

It's amazing to me the number of people who will hold onto my card for months and months and months before calling me.

Jody Rhomberg

I can't tell you the number of hits we've had to the grid, but it's definitely exceeded our expectations.

Brett Smith

Right now, it's a very emerging market [with a] very limited number of use cases, but I think that will grow over time.

Shawn Willett

I have worked very hard on my service game, and have also made a conscious effort to reduce the number of mistakes on the court. Also, I have much more experience now.

Maria Kirilenko

I was anxious all night. I wouldn't mind coaching in a game like that every Friday except it would shorten my life by a considerable number of years.

Scott Young

Of course there are concerns. You'd have the same number of boxes but fewer people to move them, and that could mean major congestion.

Chuck Carroll

We on this side do not specifically oppose the amendment, but we have a number of concerns and questions that we would like to be answered.

Dwight Nelson

The number six request was for Las Vegas and number eight was Grand Canyon.

Robert Sinclair

Another positive economic sign for the future of family farms in this state is the fact that more than 8,000 South Dakota farm families are invested in our ethanol industry. That is the largest number of farmer/investors in the nation.

Brian Woldt

The number of times the exam will be available to be taken will be reduced as well. The maximum amount of administrations per year will be fixed at 30, which equates to approximately 2 times it can be taken each month.

Matt Fidler

They're two huge players for them and have done well for a number of years, so we felt pretty good after that.

Daniel Vettori

We have taken a number of very important actions to improve productivity and reallocate resources to the faster growing areas of the business.

Mark Loughridge

We've got everything. We have in a fairly manageable size a number of microenvironments.

Dr. Leslie Crofford

This is a much more realistic number than December's figure was.

Jay Myers

At the beginning of the season our goals were to, number one, win our conference - the MDCHA. Our second goal is to receive an invite to nationals.

Justin Fishman

The gym has the potential to increase the number of people who go to the shopping center. It will enhance the tenant mix.

Patrice Duker

We revisited a number of technical and financial challenges and the work being done to address them.

Rex Geveden

We're an industry leader; we'll be number one by the end of next year. It's almost guaranteed.

Ryan Jumonville

He was mighty tickled and was a good kid. But I had to give him a lecture on keeping a phone number to contact someone in case of an emergency.

Bob Berry

There is new money coming into [oil trading] in the number of open-interest contracts, but this is not necessarily a sign of speculation.

Jan Stuart

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying.

Tom Hopkins

It looks a lot nicer, ... It's a nice number, but what are you going to do? We're not going to be disappointed and we're going to take a lot of positive things out of the season. It would have been nice to finish 81-81 though.

Frank Catalanotto

The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line.

Charles Edward Montague

Only a very, very small number of our two million accounts were impacted, but we took the precaution of canceling additional card accounts to be safe.

Darcel Kimble

Rising stars still outpace fallen angels globally, though the gap is narrower than in 2005, when the number of rising stars exceeded that of fallen angels by the biggest margin since 1997.

Diane Vazza

I'm very pleased because that whole issue has been a gray area for a number of years.

Warden Ramon Rustin

We talked to a number of people last night, but there's nobody in custody. We're still trying to establish a motive.

Jimmy Lee

If you can do something to make [broadband] more affordable, that will help to increase [the number of] subscribers.

Dave Baker

A PIN number would be a new intermediate way of checking a card was authentic. The verification services that could be offered would be applied appropriately according to the business process that was involved.

Andy Burnham

Up to now, the figures given were estimates as the victims' bodies had been taken to morgues around the region and information about the number of dead was coming in from different services.

Andrzej Gaska

If a condescending joke is truly funny, make yourself the subject- you will increase the number of people laughing by at least one.

Joe Harsel

We've had a number of cars that have gone off the road into the ditch. It's made travel very, very hazardous.

Greg Wilkinson

We came to this number in concert with the Guitar Center. We felt like with $1,000 at cost we could equip someone with a playable instrument that would get them back on their feet.

Bob Ezrin

There were a huge number of these vested rights cases. It was a conscious decision. It was something that we thought was a way to ease the development industry into this.

Susan Johnson

A number of Western borrowers and investors have indicated to us that they see Islamic finance as a natural alternative to conventional finance.

John Weguelin

With the quick access we have to information, the temptation is to overemphasize one number, every jiggle.

Dick Mccabe

We anticipate by the end of 2007 we will have taken the number of hotels to at least 20 and we will be well on our way to achieving our medium term objective of 25.

Robert Cook

There's a complex number of requirements and document requirements that we are subjected to. They observe care. They interview residents. All in all, you do the best you can.

Pam Harmon

That officer in particular is one of the nicest around. He's extremely upset. His badge number is visible and easily identifiable.

Teddy Stewart

I was not very happy with the number of missed goals that we had today.

Cesar Cardoso

We should be able to go forward with our planning, even though there are a number of alternatives still being kicked around for the community center.

Steve Schuler

This number is likely to further rise.

Shaukat Sultan

By all means we want our members to be active in a number of different programs, but we want fellowship also.

Mike Rolston

It may be a high number. That's why it's called bargaining.

Avery Walker

There will probably be a finite number of connections to the Internet, and they will be protected.

William Donahue

The $64,000 question is will the demand materialize to meet the supply. The number of name developers staking claims down there may make the difference.

Dan Tatsch

There's so much demand, and it's clearly the result of a sharp increase in the number of natural disasters.

Trevor Rowe

We think the jury was denied access to a substantial number of facts that would have changed their minds.

Sandra Benson

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.

Lisa Alther

It turned out that the VIN [vehicle identification number] on the contract was off by one digit.

Jules Papp

The one thing that can cause an engine like that to have a problem is fuel contamination. It could be water. It could be any number of things.

Paul Czysz

If they cut those dollars, it reduces the number of homes we can build and we can make available for families.

Maria Garciaz

It's going to be tough to build products with the number of refineries off line.

David Pursell

It has been a steady stream today, both at headquarters, at the help-now number (1 800 HELP-NOW) and our chapter sites around the country.

Ryland Dodge

This year, Quantum is launching the largest number of products and services in our history.

Rick Belluzzo

Hays, Kansas is quite well known for the number of Germans from Russia that reside here.

Leona Pfeifer

There are still a number of questions that have to be answered before we can determine if it's viable.

David Morehouse

We haven't had that many snow events this winter, period, and the actual number of events reaching 6 inches in our forecast are almost none. This is different.

Karl Jungbluth

We think it's going to be a good period for some number of years.

Wayne Murdy

The number of victims in Colombia is climbing because illegal armed groups continue to plant mines in order to protect their illicit crops.

Luz Piedad Herrera

I think age is just a stupid number.

Blink 182

That was finally a number where we saw some support for Tiger.

Jeff Sherman

We tried doing a number of things to slow them down in the final minute. They were just bombing shots. Thank God we had a big lead.

Dan Zweifel

Knowing where our budget sits, knowing where our enrollment sits, I wasn't really pleased with the number he threw out for his salary.

Sandy Poferl

They know what the number is. It's been presented in bankruptcy court. It's been presented in state court.

Adam Mohammadbhoy

So a number of different people, number of diverse crews going to different ports, so who knows.

Michael O'farrell

The real issue is does Chicago have the number of buyers that are willing to invest in a building like this.

Adrian Smith

We stand by this good pro-life law that will reduce the number of abortions in our state.

Jessica Robinson

The Davis Cup is one of the greatest competitions in the world and I'm so proud that my team is number one in 2005.

Niki Pilic

A lot of license-holders have existing partnerships. We're not necessarily the number one partner because we're generally focused on the single platform.

Shane Kim

It was a number that we felt was very manageable.

Jeff Pacheco

Sex is a more important part of their lives. A, a strong majority say that sex is critical ingredient in a healthy lifestyle. A much smaller number of older folks say that.

Steve Slon

A growing number of investors want to carry their values over into investing and they're looking for funds that screen on certain issues.

Todd Larsen

A demonstration of collective anger at the rising number of racist and anti-Semitic attacks this year.

Chris Burns

The number of extensions goes up every year. We expect more people to procrastinate.

Jesse Weller

Eventually we'll have to beat these guys if we want to win the league. They've had our number the last two years. They knew this was a make-or-break game.

Don Leitzel

This shows that we are actively going after the network. We've taken down the number two in the network and that is going to have an impact.

Steve Boylan

It's actually fairly critical that we have a definitive time frame, because as we move into the Christmas season, a number of hotels have reservations and bookings. It may become more challenging for us to find accommodations.

John Ashcroft

It is absolutely premature to discuss a precise number. We have not disclosed a precise number.

Christa Carone

Looking (only) at the absolute number of funds that closed is missing the point.

Saleem Siddiqi

It is a contained number and we don't have to worry about inflation. With the Fed expected to raise rates again, it becomes even less of a concern.

Kazuaki Oh'e

It's a great turnout. It's a great number for a special event.

Doug Meyer

The number of steers we keep on hand depends on the time of year.

Heather Gutierrez

The latest rumors in the last week speculated that it would stay like this. With as much growth as there is and the number is at 1,985, I can't see how Cooper won't drop down.

Randy Quisenberry

There are some pretty good underlying fundamentals of the U.S. economy. A good Philadelphia Fed number will confirm the U.S. economy is solid and boost the dollar.

Michael Jansen

We were very aggressive in exploring the mainland market last year, which is reflected in our rapidly increasing number of staff.

Richard Yorke

That is a very ominous number.

Greg Kelly

I think that will be our number one challenge.

Tony Marshall

It has become increasingly evident that Pentland is not realizing any material benefit from its listing and we believe a large number of the minority investors would welcome a premium cash exit from their investment.

Stephen Rubin

So I still have a number of years left at this level if I keep myself right. To have 50 caps and still only be 30 means there are a few more in me yet.

John Hartson

It's certainly an impressive number, it's the lowest since early 2001.

Cary Leahey

There's a hidden cost that can play out, ... far outweigh the number of jobs saved at some call center in New Jersey or Indiana.

Stuart Anderson

Evolution has not been proven, ... There are a growing number of scientists who are skeptical about Darwinism.

Larry Taylor

It's not just about 'here's a phone number, get married.' I facilitate the date, I'm a relationship coach. I'm their expert. I play their shrink -- their mother.

Janis Spindel

The number could change and the recommendations that are finally on the warrant could be different.

Jerome Sullivan

The combined effect of the number of counts that we were dealing with in this case, resulted in the sentence being longer than any others that have been previously been imposed.

Andrew Macdonald

We were in a lot of those matches. The games went back and forth. There were a number of matches where it would go deuce, ad-in, deuce ad-out.

Christian Wright

Many people ask about the number 13, linking it to the eclipse and the alignment of the stars. I think everything is aligning for a very good mission.

Marcos Pontes

The market has traded very poorly. Gold is trading above $600, which is indicative of the inflation outlook. Then there is fear about a strong jobs number tomorrow.

Frank Hsu

I've read about foreign policy and studied - I know the number of continents (during his 1968 presidential campaign).

George Wallace

Given the number of individuals, that two were armed, one possibly with a sawed-off shotgun, we would very much encourage anyone with information on these four individuals to give us a call.

Shauna Dunlap

We didn't know anything. We were looking for a name or any number we could use to try and find Ms. Seals.

Michael Bates

We've given back a little bit because people are really concerned about CPI numbers tomorrow, especially after the bad PPI number we saw last week.

Kathy Jones

I'm confident we'll be at or under that number and deliver a good product.

Bob Brownell

That's not good enough. We charted out 47 passes and 25 runs per game last season. We need to increase the number of carries per game. We need to get better than a 4-yard average.

Mark Mchale

We were given numbers. My number is 68122. My brother was right behind me. His number is 68123.

Lou Dunst

With less than half the population, to have 80 percent of the votes cast in 2002 _ clearly that's a significant number.

Greg Rigamer

The high number of cases is very hard to explain.

Kevin Palmer

This crisis might be getting less attention than the tsunami did, but the number of people needing help is even greater. The severity of this crisis means assistance is needed on a huge scale.

Barbara Stocking

We estimate that the number of failed/partial downloads are low because we have a tiny application, which is easy to install.

Tor Odland

I think it is unrealistic to appropriate $10 billion, $30 billion at a time, ... It's important to talk about the big number up front.

William Jefferson

The Microsoft lawsuit was totally ill-conceived from the beginning. It should have been a private action because it was primarily aimed to benefit a number of Microsoft competitors.

Slade Gorton

We have met with a number of the FCC commissioners and they've indicated that this deal should go through, so I don't think there is going to be a holdup from the FCC.

Michael Kupinski

The household spending number highlights the risks facing the consumer sector.

Simon Rubinsohn

Has a contract until 2007, but I'd like to negotiate for another year. We'll retire his Number 3 jersey when he retires, but keep it in storage for when his son grows up.

Adriano Galliani

You want to be working so closely with an architect so that no number is a surprise.

James Koster

We will definitely be looking at building a large number of individual wireless accounts, both business and residential.

Michael Reding

I don't think that is anything that is in the cards. We probably have quadruple the number of people in St. Louis as we do in Needham.

Mark Crowley

There were bees in the bush and she didn't want to get stung. I can't say she would have or she wouldn't have. Some people get a nervous reaction. There were a number of bees.

Jim Haley

They had a cafeteria set up for people to wait while their number was coming up.

Mary Taylor

We believe we are in the lead by the sheer number of vehicles deployed by customers each day.

Gunnar Lindstrom

She wore No. 14, and I relate my number to her, because one plus four is five.

Justin Dentmon

While most people believe in the concept, a number of people do have problems with the content and how the bill is crafted.

Sen. Roosevelt David

We wanted to win today, get the magic number down to one. I felt good, but in the sixth inning I got the ball up a little bit.

Horacio Ramirez

I've seen an awful lot, and I hope I never see it again. You see real suffering from people. It does a number on you.

Richard Kelly

This particular king is famous for having created a huge number of these statues.

Peter Brand

We have no group that's claimed responsibility. It could be any number of groups attempting to operate inside Iraq.

Dan Senor

That's my number one goal besides anything else. It's been a while and we got a good team.

Dashaun Wood

We are reaching a critical point. The number of births now determines what happens in the next decade-and-a-half to two decades. You can't revise it afterwards. The availability of human capital will get worse, and act as a brake on growth.

Michael Hüther

After the adjustment of the cutoff point, the number of taxpayers will drop by more than a half, approximately. It will live up to our legislative principle to care for the interests of low and medium-income groups.

Lou Jiwei

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

William Dean Howells

It's unusual, but there's no doubt that there's been a very large number of vessels attacked.

Pottengal Mukundan