Quotes about zero
zero games political
The discussion of derivatives in the political world has become a zero sum game. Jim Himes
zero loss games
Much of our national debate proceeds as if China and America were locked in a zero-sum game in which one's loss is precisely the other's gain. Eric Liu
zero memories writing
Writing for me always requires trickery. Tricking myself into sitting down, letting words tumble out until you find the good ones. t's sort of a trance. And when a piece is done, I have little memory of how I wrote it, and zero confidence I'd ever be able to do it again. John Hodgman
zero kids firsts
When I was a kid, I went from ground zero to Pluto. The first place I played was the Houston Astrodome. Leif Garrett
zero childhood taught
My childhood taught me nothing... zero. Lee Radziwill
zero believe average
If zero percent of the elites support something, very low chance it's going to pass, if 100% support something, very high chance it's going to pass. Same thing for organized interest groups. But for the average voter, it's a flat line. Which says it doesn't matter whether zero percent of the public believes something or 100% of the average voters believe something - it doesn't affect the probability that that thing will be enacted. Lawrence Lessig
zero recovery competition
The recovery of the banks is what happens when you reduce competition, lend money to them at zero interest rates, allow them to gamble. That particular style of restoration actually inhibits the economic recovery. Joseph Stiglitz
zero children eye
One of the many ways of contesting level-zero, and one of the best, is to take photographs, an activity in which one should start becoming adept very early in life, teach it to children since it requires discipline, aesthetic education, a good eye and steady fingers. Julio Cortazar
zero loss thinking
As we think of power in the 21st century, we want to get away from the idea that power’s always zero sum — my gain is your loss and vice versa. Power can also be positive sum, where your gain can be my gain. Joseph Nye
zero mistake organization
In some organizations, it is easy to say mistakes are okay when in truth it is a zero-defect organization. You will be remembered more for your mistakes than your successes in those organizations. John Daly
zero lying thinking
I won't lie - I picked up the occasional gossip magazine in the past because I thought that maybe 5 to 10 percent of it was true. Now I think it's zero percent. Lindsey Vonn
zero way linux
In many ways, I am very happy about the whole Linux commercial market because the commercial market is doing all these things that I have absolutely zero interest in doing myself. Linus Torvalds
zero blood alcohol
At Linfox we have zero tolerance. If any alcohol or drugs are found in any drivers' blood, they are instantly dismissed. Lindsay Fox
zero hero long
Ive been making products for so long, I have a gut feel for what is right - what will work and what wont. I can tell instantly if its a hero or a zero. Lori Greiner
zero russia political
In Russia, less than one percent of trials end with an acquittal. With trials that were initiated for political reasons those chances are zero. Lyudmila Alexeyeva
zero thinking next-day
There is so much uncertainty in cricket. One day you can get a hundred, the next day you can be dismissed for a zero. It makes you become practical about things. Teaches you to accept both success and failure. I think I have learnt a lot about life from cricket. Mahela Jayawardene
zero invincible
When you make yourself into zero, your power becomes invincible. Mahatma Gandhi
zero integrity ocean
What is Truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the "voice within" tells you. All that I can in true humility present to you is that Truth is not to be found by anybody who has not got an abundant sense of humility. If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth you must reduce yourself to zero.
zero may manners
Manners are like zero in arithmetic. They may not be much in themselves, but they are capable of adding a great deal of value to everything else. Freya Stark
zero supposing-that may
If I am right in supposing it to be comparatively easy to make capital-goods so abundant that the marginal efficiency of capital is zero, this may be the most sensible way of gradually getting rid of many of the objectionable features of capitalism. John Maynard Keynes
zero thinking games
Everyone in the world disagrees with me, including some managers, but I think managing in the American League is much more difficult for that very reason (having the designated hitter). In the National League, my situation is dictated for me. If I'm behind in the game, I've got to pinch hit. I've got to take my pitcher out. In the American League, you have to zero in. You have to know exactly when to take them out of there. In the National League, that's done for you. Jim Leyland
zero paris london
Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris. Elliott Carter
zero support presidential
In a new poll of Democratic voters, presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee came in with zero percent support. Or in other words: We're all tied with presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee. Jimmy Fallon
zero real america
Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform. John Cornyn
zero long mind
I have infinite capacity to do more work as long as you don't mind that my quality approaches zero. Scott Adams
zero independence want
Independence can be tough. Without a studio to back you up, when you finish a feature and want to start a new project you have to start from zero. Raul Garcia
zero ideas people
The idea that you're going have zero people crossing the border is unrealistic. But today we know that's not the case. Today we know we've got a porous border and people are coming in, and we don't know who they are. So secure the border then we can have a conversation about it. Rick Perry
zero six said
Six minus six is zero. Spears are good for subtraction Ella said Rick Riordan
zero mobility hundred
With a bike you go from zero to a hundred in terms of mobility. Robin Williams
zero heart two
If the heart stops for more than two minutes, you have massive brain death. There are only two minutes between our conscious world and zero. That's how fragile our consciousness is. Robin Gibb
zero struggle games
We still find, especially in parts of academe, the damaging notion that everything is a struggle for power, or being empowered, or hegemony, or oppression: and that all competition is a zero-sum game. This is not more than repetition of Lenin's destructive doctrine. Intellectually, it is reductionism; politically, it is fanaticism. Robert Conquest
zero jobs idols
On 'Idol,' Steven Tyler will be sitting at a table with two other judges, and part of his job will be keeping his yap zipped while they talk. This makes no sense at all, since Tyler has zero yap-zipping skills. Rob Sheffield
zero philosophy nihilism
Nihilism has no substance. There is no such thing as nothingness, and zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing. Victor Hugo