Long Numbers

Famous quotes containing the words long and/or numbers:

    “Anguish devours the mind, and furious rage, and hope
    than which the heart can bear no heavier burden, when
    it is long deferred.”
    —Publius Papinius Statius (c. 40–96)

    “Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.”
    —Gore Vidal (b. 1925)