Extremely Large Numbers

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

“Pedants make a great rout about criticism, as if it were a science of great depth, and required much pains and knowledge—criticism however is only the result of good sense, taste and judgment—three qualities that indeed seldom are found together, and extremely seldom in a pedant, which most critics are.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

“I should have liked to come across a large community of pines, which had never been invaded by the lumbering army.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“I’m not even thinking straight any more. Numbers buzz in my head like wasps.”
—Kurt Neumann (1906–1958)