In school, my favorite subject was math. That’s where I learned to count money.
Math? Forget about it. If I add four plus eight plus six, I have to count on my fingers. I guess I’m hooked up differently.
For me, for a very long time, I was in denial because when you say you’re sad or you’re overwhelmed, we consider it whining or complaining. People say, ‘Count your blessings,’ and it’s like, ‘Yeah, I am, but I’m still sad. Something is wrong with me.’ I had to acknowledge it.
It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.
I wander around online, but until I hit my daily word count, I only leave my desk to make some tea, eat, or to answer the door. At 7 P.M., I give up and spend the rest of the evening catching up with the news.
You just decide what your values are in life and what you are going to do, and then you feel like you count, and that makes life worth living. It makes my life meaningful.
Law enforcement officials have been candid in identifying ways officers could have handled the situation in Ferguson better, and I trust those recommendations will be helpful as we continue to count on them to protect us.
Purchased experiences don’t count.
This may sound surprising for someone who works in Hollywood, but I do not count calories, and I don’t even care about weight gain, which I know sounds really bizarre. I listen to my body. I don’t just wake up in the morning and cook whatever I eat.
People typically only believe they’re in a negotiation when dollars are involved. And maybe sometimes they’re smart enough to see if there’s a commodity that you can count being exchanged. And, of course, the commodity that we most commonly exchange is money.
In the eyes of many people, giving doesn’t count unless it’s completely selfless. In reality, though, giving isn’t sustainable when it’s completely selfless.
Kylian is very important for France. We count on him very much.
India always wants good, friendly relations with its neighbours and continues with its policy of not disturbing anyone. But if someone fires at us first, we will not count the retaliatory bullets.
I try to make what I say count.
Reality is what you can count on.
Never count on the crowd to take care of you.
You can’t always count on the devices, attitudes, and conceits that stood you in good stead in 1972 or 1973, or 1978-79, to still have the same impact all these years later.
When I was playing in IPL, mom dad both were COVID positive. Mom had a mild one but dad’s one was serious as his oxygen count fell to 85.
There are literally Internet rescue camps in China and Korea to deal with children that are addicted. Internet disorder is maybe going to count as a psychiatric disorder in a couple of years.
If appeasing other nations means that we need to begin acting like them, you can count me out.
I have not been to Cuba, though if you count the stories my grandma told me growing up, I’ve been there in my head many times. I think someday I will see it, when things are different there, but I’ve come to feel like I really am a Miami girl.
I’ve lived in New York state almost my entire life, so my votes never count.
For style and for creating a mood of optimism and hope – Kennedy on that count is as effective as any president the country has had in its history.
I wouldn’t count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it.
Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
Even the most ardent Obama supporter can’t, in good conscience or sound mental state, argue that President Obama has changed the way Washington works. He’s just played the game a little better, if you’re being charitable on how you keep score on that count.
I count something as successful if it pleases the audience.
My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don’t count – my daughter sort of owns me.
I’m constantly thinking about what I’ll do next. I never count on music being a career of longevity. I mean, longevity is key, and I hope that it lasts, but you just don’t know, because it’s not in your hands, you don’t make the decision.
The chances of each of us coming into existence are infinitesimally small, and even though we shall all die some day, we should count ourselves fantastically lucky to get our decades in the sun.
I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio – I’ve fallen asleep to ‘This American Life’ more times than I can count!
If you double count some votes, that makes other votes disenfranchised.
As a traveler, I should probably count myself fortunate to be living in the jet age, and as an author, I know I am lucky to have a book tour at all.
You know what Oprah taught me? Unless you count as changing your life having a neighborhood dad say to you every morning at the school bus stop, ‘You sure don’t look as good as you did on ‘Oprah!’, being on ‘Oprah’ doesn’t change your life.
As a co-founder of the Defend Social Security Caucus in the Senate, you can count on me to continue to stand up for our seniors and fight any back door efforts to cut benefits.
A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm.
Intentions count in your actions.
To count as transformative, a president needs to synthesize the moment and mood of the country.
You too must not count too much on your reality as you feel it today, since like yesterday, it may prove an illusion for you tomorrow.
I receive more threats than I could count; it’s almost every week.
I have always been terrified of the death of my parents. I never knew if I could count on myself. I never knew if that would send me over the edge.
Baby steps count, too, as long as you’re moving forward.
What I need to do is relax, take my time, and make my shots count. That will give me more energy later in the fights but also allow me to throw the punches harder.
It’s like Branson. When I went to Branson there was only 4 acts in there. Now, you can’t count ’em. There’s so many theatres now, that only the strong will survive.
Free throws – it’s free money. I’ve got to make that count.
Hidden in a long text, there are perhaps three lines that count.
In a fascist system, it’s not the lies that count but the muddying. When citizens can’t tell real news from fake, they give up their demands for accountability bit by bit.
I’ve been to Israel many times – I’ve lost count of how many times.
I spent a lot of years on the road, and what happens is you find out who your real friends are and you find out where your strengths and weaknesses lie in communication. I’ve had the same friends for 20 years now and I can count them on one hand.
A lot of times we base everything just on our immediate circumstance. We don’t see a big picture for our lives. We don’t love ourselves. We don’t have a way of kind of gauging the future, so we count it lost.
I do know that I don’t want to see anybody legitimately have the excuse that they are not voting because their votes don’t count. That can’t happen – whether I’m the one impacted by that vote or not.
If there is one thing you can count on in your life, it’s that your path will not always be easy.
When I can’t sleep, I’ll start thinking about how many shows I’ve done, count up the number of television shows and movies.
I count myself a a rationalist and a skeptic with a very conscious awareness of my indebtedness to Western Christian civilization, and I am a fairly passionate defender of it.
You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you’re going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead.
The Max 10 will provide customers with even more flexibility in terms of airplane range and higher seat count.
Acting is all about relating to the people on stage with you, even in plays that break the fourth wall. Clowning, for the most part, is the opposite. If somebody in the audience sneezes, I can count on it: I don’t even have to look at Shiner; he’ll have his handkerchief out. It’s all about all of us in the room together.
There comes a point when you can more or less count the number of books you’re going to write before you die.
As a catcher, I know the pitcher is trying to get ahead in the count.
There are some incredibly gifted writers in the world. You can count them on a hand. They’re blessed, and they’ve worked at their craft, but there’s very few.
I don’t think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print.
When you count on someone you want him to be there in times of need. I may not be there when you are popping champagne bottles but I will be there, like a solid rock, if there is a tragedy.
I count my friends in my life by the people who are there when you need them.
I was talking to my publisher, Jamie Ceretta, who’s one of my closest confidants and allies when I’m working on new music. I feel like I can always count on his judgement because he’ll tell me if he doesn’t like something. It’s sometimes hard to get people to tell you if they don’t like something.
