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Large Numbers Quotes

My list of basic tools is a partial answer to the question about what has changed: Over the past few years, large numbers of programmers have come to depend on elaborate tools to interface code with systems facilities Picture Quote #1

We have received credible reports that show a clear and consistent pattern: entire villages are looted, burned down and sometimes bombed. Large numbers of civilians have been killed and scores of women and children have been abducted, raped and tortured Picture Quote #1

I suppose I can live with missing decimals, missing floors to tall buildings, and floors that are named instead of numbered. A more serious problem is the limited capacity of the human mind to grasp the relative magnitudes of large numbers. Counting at the rate of one number per second... to count to a trillion takes 32,000 years, which is as much time as has elapsed since people first drew on cave walls Picture Quote #1

We live in the dark ages. If an intelligent society can destroy itself in large numbers and places the largest amount of revenues in instruments of destruction, it is certainly not an evolved society or an intelligent society Picture Quote #1

There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity Picture Quote #1

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets Picture Quote #1

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The trouble with integers is that we have examined only the very small ones. Maybe all the exciting stuff happens at really big numbers, ones we can’t even begin to think about in any very definite way. Our brains have evolved to get us out of the rain, find where the berries are, and keep us from getting killed. Our brains did not evolve to help us grasp really large numbers or to look at things in a hundred thousand dimensions Picture Quote #1

Stage charm guarantees in advance an actor’s hold on the audience, it helps him to carry over to large numbers of people his creative purposes. It enhances his roles and his art. Yet it is of utmost importance that he use this precious gift with prudence, wisdom, and modesty. It is a great shame when he does not realize this and goes on to exploit, to play on his ability to charm Picture Quote #1

Four billion people on this earth, but my imagination is still the same. It’s bad with large numbers. It’s still taken by particularity. It flits in the dark like a flashlight, illuminating only random faces while all the rest go blindly by, never coming to mind and never really missed... I can’t tell you how much I pass over in silence Picture Quote #1

What we’re going to see is the emergence of the lone wolf rather than the planning of large numbers of people to carry out large attacks... Explosives are getting more sophisticated Picture Quote #1

We know the laws of trial and error, of large numbers and probabilities. We know that these laws are part of the mathematical and mechanical fabric of the universe, and that they are also at play in biological processes. But, in the name of the experimental method and out of our poor knowledge, are we really entitled to claim that everything happens by chance, to the exclusion of all other possibilities? Picture Quote #1

A news conference is a device by which the establishment keeps large numbers of reporters from covering the news every place else Picture Quote #1

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For most of history, war has been a more or less functional institution, providing benefits for those societies that were good at it, although the cost in money, in lives, and in suffering was always significant. Only in the past century have large numbers of people begun to question the basic assumption of civilized societies that war is inevitable and often useful Picture Quote #1

Zero invites imagination, but small numbers invite questions about whether large numbers will ever materialize Picture Quote #1

At a time when threats to the physical environment have never been greater, it may be tempting to believe that people need to be mounting the barricades rather than asking abstract questions about the human place in nature. Yet without confronting such questions, it will be hard to know which barricades to mount, and harder still to persuade large numbers of people to mount them with us. To protect the nature that is all around us, we must think long and hard about the nature we carry inside our heads Picture Quote #1

Something has gone badly wrong with our culture. We’ve created a culture where really large numbers of the people around us can’t bear to be present in their daily lives. They need to medicate themselves to get through their day Picture Quote #1

Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful Picture Quote #1

Let us remember the large numbers of citizens who, day in and day out, through acts of volunteerism large and small, bring hope to so many of the world’s disadvantaged. Let us ensure that this wonderful resource, available in abundance to every nation, is recognized and supported as it works towards a more prosperous and peaceful world Picture Quote #1

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The world is going mad in mutual extermination, and murder, considered as a crime when committed individually, becomes a virtue when it is committed by large numbers. It is the multiplication of the frenzy that assures impunity to the assassins Picture Quote #1

The capitalist culture of consumption... does not provide meaningful sustenance for large numbers of people Picture Quote #1

Even though there is rampant unemployment in many parts of the world, there are still large numbers of jobs that are going unfilled because employers are having a hard time identifying people with the right set of skills Picture Quote #1

And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect Picture Quote #1

The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking Picture Quote #1

Technological innovation has dramatically lowered the cost of computing, making it possible for large numbers of consumers to own powerful new technologies at reasonably low prices Picture Quote #1

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War is terrorism... Terrorism is the willingness to kill large numbers of people for some presumably good cause. That’s what terrorists are about Picture Quote #1

When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other’s flame Picture Quote #1

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires Picture Quote #1

The control of large numbers is possible, and like unto that of small numbers, if we subdivide them Picture Quote #1

Ultimately everything depends on the quality of the individual, but our fatally short - sighted age thinks only in terms of large numbers and mass organizations Picture Quote #1

Generally speaking, our prisoners were capable of loving animals, and if they had been allowed they would have delighted to rear large numbers of domestic animals and birds in the prison. And I wonder what other activity could better have softened and refined their harsh and brutal natures than this. But it was not allowed. Neither the regulations nor the nature of the prison made it possible Picture Quote #1

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My list of basic tools is a partial answer to the question about what has changed: Over the past few years, large numbers of programmers have come to depend on elaborate tools to interface code with systems facilities (Large Numbers Quotes) We have received credible reports that show a clear and consistent pattern: entire villages are looted, burned down and sometimes bombed. Large numbers of civilians have been killed and scores of women and children have been abducted, raped and tortured (Large Numbers Quotes) I suppose I can live with missing decimals, missing floors to tall buildings, and floors that are named instead of numbered. A more serious problem is the limited capacity of the human mind to grasp the relative magnitudes of large numbers. Counting at the rate of one number per second... to count to a trillion takes 32,000 years, which is as much time as has elapsed since people first drew on cave walls (Large Numbers Quotes) We live in the dark ages. If an intelligent society can destroy itself in large numbers and places the largest amount of revenues in instruments of destruction, it is certainly not an evolved society or an intelligent society (Large Numbers Quotes) There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity (Large Numbers Quotes) It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets (Large Numbers Quotes) The trouble with integers is that we have examined only the very small ones. Maybe all the exciting stuff happens at really big numbers, ones we can’t even begin to think about in any very definite way. Our brains have evolved to get us out of the rain, find where the berries are, and keep us from getting killed. Our brains did not evolve to help us grasp really large numbers or to look at things in a hundred thousand dimensions (Large Numbers Quotes) Stage charm guarantees in advance an actor’s hold on the audience, it helps him to carry over to large numbers of people his creative purposes. It enhances his roles and his art. Yet it is of utmost importance that he use this precious gift with prudence, wisdom, and modesty. It is a great shame when he does not realize this and goes on to exploit, to play on his ability to charm (Large Numbers Quotes) Four billion people on this earth, but my imagination is still the same. It’s bad with large numbers. It’s still taken by particularity. It flits in the dark like a flashlight, illuminating only random faces while all the rest go blindly by, never coming to mind and never really missed... I can’t tell you how much I pass over in silence (Large Numbers Quotes) What we’re going to see is the emergence of the lone wolf rather than the planning of large numbers of people to carry out large attacks... Explosives are getting more sophisticated (Large Numbers Quotes) We know the laws of trial and error, of large numbers and probabilities. We know that these laws are part of the mathematical and mechanical fabric of the universe, and that they are also at play in biological processes. But, in the name of the experimental method and out of our poor knowledge, are we really entitled to claim that everything happens by chance, to the exclusion of all other possibilities? (Large Numbers Quotes) A news conference is a device by which the establishment keeps large numbers of reporters from covering the news every place else (Large Numbers Quotes) For most of history, war has been a more or less functional institution, providing benefits for those societies that were good at it, although the cost in money, in lives, and in suffering was always significant. Only in the past century have large numbers of people begun to question the basic assumption of civilized societies that war is inevitable and often useful (Large Numbers Quotes) Zero invites imagination, but small numbers invite questions about whether large numbers will ever materialize (Large Numbers Quotes) At a time when threats to the physical environment have never been greater, it may be tempting to believe that people need to be mounting the barricades rather than asking abstract questions about the human place in nature. Yet without confronting such questions, it will be hard to know which barricades to mount, and harder still to persuade large numbers of people to mount them with us. To protect the nature that is all around us, we must think long and hard about the nature we carry inside our heads (Large Numbers Quotes) Something has gone badly wrong with our culture. We’ve created a culture where really large numbers of the people around us can’t bear to be present in their daily lives. They need to medicate themselves to get through their day (Large Numbers Quotes) Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful (Large Numbers Quotes) Let us remember the large numbers of citizens who, day in and day out, through acts of volunteerism large and small, bring hope to so many of the world’s disadvantaged. Let us ensure that this wonderful resource, available in abundance to every nation, is recognized and supported as it works towards a more prosperous and peaceful world (Large Numbers Quotes) The world is going mad in mutual extermination, and murder, considered as a crime when committed individually, becomes a virtue when it is committed by large numbers. It is the multiplication of the frenzy that assures impunity to the assassins (Large Numbers Quotes) The capitalist culture of consumption... does not provide meaningful sustenance for large numbers of people (Large Numbers Quotes) Even though there is rampant unemployment in many parts of the world, there are still large numbers of jobs that are going unfilled because employers are having a hard time identifying people with the right set of skills (Large Numbers Quotes) And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect (Large Numbers Quotes) The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking (Large Numbers Quotes) Technological innovation has dramatically lowered the cost of computing, making it possible for large numbers of consumers to own powerful new technologies at reasonably low prices (Large Numbers Quotes) War is terrorism... Terrorism is the willingness to kill large numbers of people for some presumably good cause. That’s what terrorists are about (Large Numbers Quotes) When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other’s flame (Large Numbers Quotes) Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires (Large Numbers Quotes) The control of large numbers is possible, and like unto that of small numbers, if we subdivide them (Large Numbers Quotes) Ultimately everything depends on the quality of the individual, but our fatally short - sighted age thinks only in terms of large numbers and mass organizations (Large Numbers Quotes) Generally speaking, our prisoners were capable of loving animals, and if they had been allowed they would have delighted to rear large numbers of domestic animals and birds in the prison. And I wonder what other activity could better have softened and refined their harsh and brutal natures than this. But it was not allowed. Neither the regulations nor the nature of the prison made it possible (Large Numbers Quotes)

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