Numbers Quotes

It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not.

Paul Auster
- Night
- Ends
- Asking
I wonder what Tommy Morris would have had to say to all this number 6-iron, number 12-iron, number 28-iron stuff. He probably wouldn't have said anything, just made one of those strange Scottish noises at the back of his throat like someone gargling.

P. G. Wodehouse
- Wonder
- Golf
- Iron

A high percentage of organisations develop a military rationale, whereby only a very small number of people make all of the decisions. There is little wonder, then, that people aren't keen to get out of bed and come to work on a Monday morning.

Ricardo Semler
I want to beat the world record for the number of beats per second on a drum pad.

Travis Barker Blink-182
- World
- Beats
- Pads
Food is a subject of conversation more spiritually refreshing even than the weather, for the number of possible remarks about the weather is limited, whereas of food you can talk on and on and on.

A. A. Milne
I can show you that the art of calculation has to do with odd and even numbers in their numerical relations to themselves and to each other.

Plato
You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.

Milan Kundera
It is staggering that in the 21st century, half of the world's population - that's three and a half billion people - own no more than a tiny elite whose numbers could all fit comfortably on a double-decker bus.

Winnie Byanyima