#counted

Perhaps the prevalence of pedantry may be largely accounted for by the common error of thinking that, because useful knowledge should be remembered, any kind of knowledge that is at all worth learning should be remembered too. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#any #because #common #error #kind

One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted. ↗

— Thomas Reed

#been #being #burned #counted #god

Similarly, only people as misanthropic as myself can be counted on not to have to lie to others, since we have the unique luxury of not caring what sort of opinions others formulate about us. ↗

— Boyd Rice

#caring #counted #formulate #lie #luxury

The only thing I hope I did was never put in question my love for the game, or my passion to be counted on when it mattered most. ↗

— Curt Schilling

#did #game #hope #i #love

A counted number of pulses only is given to us of a variegated, dramatic life. How may we see in them all that is to to be seen in them by the finest senses? ↗

— Walter Pater

#dramatic #finest #given #how #life

I counted on sixty days only, but I held out for 133. I didn't go into power, but to get power I borrowed some power from the President and made him sign a number of decrees and give me enough power to create a system capable of handling crisis situations. ↗

— Aleksandr Lebed

#capable #counted #create #crisis #days

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#accounted #annoyed #dearest #free #i

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#conformity #counted #down #flattened #from time to time

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. ↗

— Mark Twain

#different #different kinds #hours #i #inside

The reason it takes us from November the second to December the sixth to certify is because we have a very tedious, very comprehensive process where we audit by precinct, across the state, every vote that was cast to make sure that every vote that was legally cast is counted. ↗

— Kenneth Blackwell

#audit #because #cast #certify #comprehensive