Quotes and Sayings About Zero
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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
-- Abdallah II -
The best product should be bought, the best man should be rewarded more. Interfering factors which befuddle this triumph of virtue, justice, truth, and efficiency, etc., should be kept to an absolute minimum or should approach zero as a limit.
-- Abraham Maslow -
Pray tell us, what's your favorite number?"... "Shiva jumped up to the board, uninvited, and wrote 10,213,223"... "And pray, why would this number interest us?" "It is the only number that describes itself when you read it, 'One zero, two ones, three twos, two threes'.
-- Abraham Verghese -
This is what I find most magnetic about successful givers: they get to the top without cutting others down, finding ways of expanding the pie that benefit themselves and the people around them. Whereas success is zero-sum in a group of takers, in groups of givers, it may be true that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
-- Adam Grant -
Zero problems with neighbors' is a value. But another equally important value is to establish peace.
-- Ahmet Davutoglu -
Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won't put these futures back together. All the perfect drugs and superheroes wouldn't be enough to bring me back to zero.
-- Aimee Mann -
The empty mind - the pure mind - is not a blank, zero-land, where you're not feeling or caring about anything. It's an effulgence of the mind. It's a brightness that is truly sensitive and accepting. It's an ability to accept life as it is. When we accept life as it is, we can respond appropriately to the way we're experiencing it, rather than just reacting out of fear and aversion.
-- Ajahn Sumedho -
If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take 'myself,' subtract 'movies,' and the result is 'zero.'
-- Akira Kurosawa -
I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
-- Al McGuire -
The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default.
-- Alan Greenspan -
So many little lives, amounting to nothing. I ask you: What is infinity multiplied by zero? It is hardly worth our discussion.
-- Alan Lightman -
How on earth can otherwise sensible people get so involved in a football game? You could measure the lasting impact on the lives of the people who played it at just about zero.
-- Alan Page -
We wanted to be in great shape, we wanted to be able to cope with zero gravity, we wanted to be able to cope with accelerations and decelerations and so on. So all of us trained so that we were probably in the best physical condition we had ever been in up until that point.
-- Alan Shepard -
From a certain temperature on, the molecules 'condense' without attractive forces; that is, they accumulate at zero velocity. The theory is pretty, but is there some truth in it.
-- Albert Einstein -
I want to be clear. No company is too big to be prosecuted. We have zero tolerance for corporate fraud, but we also recognize the importance of avoiding collateral consequences whenever possible.
-- Alberto Gonzales -
I do admire [Willie] Wonka. He's a true capitalist. His factory has zero government regulations, slave labor and an indoor boat. Wonderful.
-- Alec Baldwin -
Our daughter was born in Chicago, and she's already showing it. The temperature has to be approaching zero for her to wear a hat.
-- Aleksandar Hemon -
I've never been a size zero, let me say that here and now. I've never been that sort of person.
-- Alex Kingston -
Carbon zero simply means that the emissions you are releasing either are zero or balance out to zero.
-- Alex Steffen -
There is still zero empirical evidence that anthropogenic production of CO2 is making any measurable contribution to the world's present warming trend.
-- Alexander Cockburn -
God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.
-- Alfred Jarry -
God is the shortest distance from zero to infinity.
-- Alfred Jarry -
Dieu est le point tangent de ze ro et de l'infini. God is the tangential point of zero and the infinite.
-- Alfred Jarry -
The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the operation of daily life. No one goes out to buy zero fish.
-- Alfred North Whitehead -
Many analysts now regard modest, zero, or negative growth in our rate of energy use as a realistic long-term goal.
-- Amory Lovins -
I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.
-- Amos Lee -
While researching 'The Submission,' I went to a protest against the Ground Zero mosque in New York when I was about to give birth to twins. It was about 100 degrees. People thought I was very dedicated.
-- Amy Waldman -
Spreading the word on a zero budget is difficult. You find yourself spending all night on Twitter following people; using Facebook to leave messages on various club walls; commenting on YouTube clips and blog posts; giving interviews online and taking photos of bottles to send to websites in the hope that they feature you
-- Andrew Nicholson -
I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company's programs.
-- Anne M. Mulcahy -
He squeezed Steve's shoulder possessively. "Oh, Zero. He is not you, I must admit. He does not have your bravery, your nobility, your je ne sais quoi, and all he talks about is this magical place called 'Canada'.
-- Anne Ursu
