Amount Quotes - page 62

When I'm writing books, something weird happens; and the result is the books contain a large amount of what you could call 'supernaturalism.' As a writer, I find I need that to explain the world I'm writing about. (Salman Rushdie)
Islam is unusual in that it's the only one of the great world religions which was born inside recorded history. That there's an enormous amount of factual historical record about the life of a prophet and about social conditions in Arabia at that time. So it's possible to look at the origin of Islam in a scholarly way. View quote
Salman Rushdie
People can say whatever they want about the sport of bodybuilding, but to get prepared to do a contest or even think about doing a contest, or even to get into decent shape, it requires a certain amount of discipline, and it comes from taking a new year's resolution to a lifestyle. View quote
John Cena
If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it. View quote
Richard Dawkins
In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak. View quote
Grace Jones
Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason. View quote
Pope Francis
There is a rampant tendency in any industry where someone is trying to sell something with a bunch of data, where they cherry pick a little bit... bias a little bit. This becomes quite easy when there is an enormous amount of data to cherry pick from. View quote
Burt Rutan
If we don't show ourselves the same amount of compassion we show others, we'll eventually come to resent the compassion we have for others. I think there's little enough compassion in the world right now, so we need to grow our own to compensate for that. View quote
Kate Bornstein
The Democrats and Republicans are equally corrupt -- it's only in the amount where the Republicans excel. View quote
Will Rogers
Pain is such an uncomfortable feeling that even a tiny amount of it is enough to ruin every enjoyment. View quote
Will Rogers
The Lord so constituted everybody that no matter what color you are you require the same amount of nourishment. (Will Rogers)
My old life - no amount of getting used to it would have made it right. View quote
Scott Adams
Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure. View quote
John Cale
Previous generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you might well have seen the funerals of many of your siblings before you were very old. View quote
Terry Pratchett
There's enormous energy required to carry grudges - enormous energy! And I'm getting too old to expend my energy that way, cause I think every person has a limited amount of energy. So I have given up all grudges. View quote
Ed Koch
I never felt overlooked because I didn't expect any kind of recognition. I think that's very typical of women. I had been acculturated to be supportive, to be accommodating, to support men in the work they do. We never think of getting credit or recognition or even taking the power. We didn't think it those terms. Of course I think that's changing now and there's a surge of women who are not only running for office, but getting elected. That could make an incredible amount of difference in our world. We will never have peace in the world until feminists take power. View quote
Dolores Huerta
When I saw that statement I will tell you what I did. I knew the man's conscience must be writhing in his bosom to think that he had contributed a dollar toward my support, toward the support of a "materialistic demon.” I wrote him a letter and I said: "My Dear Sir: In order to relieve your conscience of the crime of having contributed to the support of an unbeliever in ghosts, I hereby enclose the amount you paid to attend my lecture.”. View quote
Robert G. Ingersoll
A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. Even a head wind is better than none. No man ever worked his passage anywhere in a dead calm. View quote
Lewis Mumford
Apart from being celebrities, there's a huge amount of respect associated with being cricketers and a certain amount of reverence and honour associated with representing India. In people's eyes, apart from other celebrities in India, I think for sportsmen in India there's a certain amount of regard. View quote
Rahul Dravid
The denser places get, the lower the amount of energy people use to get around it. View quote
Alex Steffen
There are different kinds of motivation, and the kind matters more than the amount. (Alfie Kohn)
I used to not like being called a 'woman architect': I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, 'You are okay for a girl.' But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don't mind that at all. View quote
Zaha Hadid
So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person's genius is confined to a very few hours. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are real life. People get that. I date a lot of musicians and they do the same thing. People that work with me - who I write about too - they get it. It's my creative outlet, my therapy. View quote
Kelly Clarkson
If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount. View quote
Barbara Corcoran