Thousand

Famous quotes containing the word thousand:

“Though a thousand miles apart, two lovers destined to meet are joined by a common thread.”
—Chinese proverb.

“The Harmless Torturers. In the Bad Old Days, each torturer inflicted severe pain on one victim. Things have now changed. Each of the thousand torturers presses a button, thereby turning the switch once on each of the thousand instruments. The victims suffer the same severe pain. But none of the torturers makes any victim’s pain perceptibly worse.”
—Derek Parfit (b. 1943)

“Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)