A Quote by Paul Samuelson

Forsake search for needles that are so very small in haystacks that are so very large.

Paul Samuelson

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Paul Samuelson
American - Economist
Born: May 15, 1915

Suppose it was demonstrated that one out of twenty alcoholics could learn to become a moderate social drinker. The experienced clinician would answer, 'Even if true, act as if it were false, for you will never identify that one in twenty, and in the attempt five in twenty will be ruined.' Investors should forsake the search for such tiny needles in huge haystacks.

Paul Samuelson

We are always looking for a small number of very evil needles in a very large haystack, which is the city of London.

Charles Clarke

Do not be afraid of large patterns, if properly designed they are more restful to the eye than small ones: on the whole, a pattern where the structure is large and the details much broken up is the most useful...very small rooms, as well as very large ones, look better ornamented with large patterns.

William Morris

The idea that bigger haystacks have more needles in them is dumb on its face

Cory Doctorow

The frontiers of science, on the very small scale and very large scale, require large investments and international effort.

Dan Shechtman

This,’ whispered the Doctor to Romana, ‘is going to be like trying to find a book about needles in a room full of books about haystacks.

Gareth Roberts

A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.

Lord Dunsany

Ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

George R. R. Martin

When you are an actor you are a very small part of a very large scheme of things.

Dia Mirza

I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.

Confucius

No matter where you are on politics, I think it is wonderful to see candidates funding campaigns not by talking to a very small number of very rich people, but by reaching out to a very large number of citizens.

David Brooks

The astronaut corps is a very small part of a very large team that enables human spaceflight.

Anne McClain

Britain is a very small country with a very large press.

David Hockney

The world is large, very large. My head is small, quite small. There is no way I can put the world in my head. Nevertheless, I have been trying to elaborate some kind of representation.

Jacques Dubochet

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful, for looking at it takes so small a portion of time that the impression of it will be confused. Nor can any very large one, for a whole view of it cannot be had at once, and so there will be no unity and completeness.