#numbers

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another. ↗

— George Washington

#army #discipline #gives #hurtful #more

By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, and many more have been pressed with poverty and grief. ↗

— John Woolman

#been #breaking #countries #enraged #flourishing

I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done. ↗

— Steven Wright

#book #done #got #i #numbers

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#first #five #four #i #light

We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves. ↗

— Jean Guitton

#numbers #only #ourselves #primary

I wasn't a smart kid in terms of numbers, but, I told them, 'I'm a thoughtful, responsible guy.' ↗

— Richard Hanna

#i #kid #numbers #responsible #smart

And what sort of philosophical doctrine is thi - that numbers confer unlimited rights, that they take from some persons all rights over themselves, and vest these rights in others. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

#doctrine #numbers #others #over #persons

We vote - if the public votes 50 percent, we vote 70 percent. So we have a bigger impact with our numbers, and the organization and the manpower we can bring to a race. ↗

— James P. Hoffa

#bring #impact #manpower #numbers #organization

We find them smaller and fainter, in constantly increasing numbers, and we know that we are reaching into space, farther and farther, until, with the faintest nebulae that can be detected with the greatest telescopes, we arrive at the frontier of the known universe. ↗

— Edwin Powell Hubble

#constantly #detected #faintest #farther #find

Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity. ↗

— Ellen Glasgow

#force #mediocrity #more #numbers #only