Sum Quotes

“History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.”

“The war has ended with every one owing every one else immense sums of money. Germany owes a large sum to the Allies, the Allies owe a large sum to Great Britain, and Great Britain owes a large sum to the United States. The holders of war loan in every country are owed a large sum by the States, and the States in its turn is owed a large sum by these and other taxpayers. The whole position is in the highest degree artificial, misleading, and vexatious. We shall never be able to move again, unless we can free our limbs from these paper shackles.”

“Success is the sum of details.”

“I am the sum of all the words I’ve said to you,I am the sum of all the things I’ve done to you.I’m the sum of all my right decisions and all my mistakes,all my triumphs and all my defeats,I’m all the moments I daredand all those I was scared,all the ugliness I createdand all the beauty I destroyed.”

“Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.”

“The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.”

“So far as variations in the objective exchange-value of money are foreseen, they influence the terms of credit transactions. If a future fall in the purchasing power of the monetary unit has to be reckoned with, lenders must be prepared for the fact that the sum of money which a debtor repays at the conclusion of the transaction will have a smaller purchasing power than the sum originally lent. Lenders, in fact, would do better not to lend at all, but to buy other goods with their money. The contrary is true for debtors. If they buy commodities with the money they have borrowed and sell them again after a time, they will retain a surplus over and above the sum that they have to pay back. The credit transaction results in a gain for them. Consequently it is not difficult to understand that, so long as continued depreciation is to be reckoned with, those who lend money demand higher rates of interest and those who borrow money are willing to pay the higher rates. If, on the other hand, it is expected that the value of money will increase, then the rate of interest will be lower than it would otherwise have been.”

“The purpose of teachers should be to add to the sum of human knowers rather than the sum of human knowledge.”

“To hate man and worship God seems to be the sum of all the creeds.”

“To the extent that experience is the sum of our memories and wisdom the sum of experience, having a better memory would mean knowing not only more about the world, but also more about myself.”