Extremely Large Numbers

Famous quotes containing the words extremely, large and/or numbers:

    To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers.
    Adam Smith (1723–1790)

    Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?
    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

    Green grow the rushes-O
    What is your one-O?
    —Unknown. Carol of the Numbers (l. 2–3)