(24 quotes found)
“Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature -- subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasurers, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. . . . The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty.”
William Osler
“A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires”
Francesco Petrarch
“Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.”
Donald Rumsfeld
“You know me, Esme. I couldn't subtract a fart from a plate of beans.”
Terry Pratchett
“Whereas in past years there has been a hundred dollar deductible and then you have to subtract ten percent of your adjusted gross income. That's not the case anymore for the hurricane victims.”
Dan Boone
“I've never been on a team that subtracted players like this one has.”
Reggie Sanders
“In the United States, our focus has been mainly on numbers and how to put them in operations (addition, subtraction, etc.).”
Cathy French
“What would you subtract? Jerry Kilgore has not yet identified one dime of any cut or subtraction he would make. He's a classic guy who wants to have it both ways; he wants to say it was wrong but enjoys the spending that has resulted.”
Tim Kaine
“Now with these new credits, our customers can subtract directly from the money they owe they IRS. That makes the Escape hybrid and the Mercury Mariner hybrid even better values.”
Christine Biondi
