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Counting Quotes

What we count, and why it matters.

These quotes use 'counting' in three unrelated ways, gratitude, ballots, and lab equipment, which makes for an unusually wide-ranging set for such a plain word.

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Quotes by Willie Nelson

Simultaneous recording with superimposed ionization chambers and Wilson chambers, ionization chambers and sets of counting tubes, has not yet been carried out.

Quotes by Victor Francis Hess

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

Quotes by Tom Stoppard

I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.

Quotes by Thelonious Monk

Action Quotes

I have nothing to do with counting the votes.

Quotes by Kenneth Blackwell

I'd be counting calories in my head while having conversations and doing crosswords.

Quotes by Justine Bateman

I'm not counting any chickens.

Quotes by Jeff Bridges

Counting amateur fights, I have over a thousand bouts.

Quotes by Jake LaMotta

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

Quotes by Clay Aiken

Amateur Quotes

There's a higher form of happiness in commitment. I'm counting on it.

Quotes by Claire Forlani

Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed the great majority of both the positive and negative particles to possess unit electric charge.

Quotes by Carl D. Anderson

In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one's breath.

Quotes by Breyten Breytenbach

Counting one thousand gifts, I discovered I could count on God.

Quotes by Ann Voskamp

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

Quotes by Al Smith

Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of 'counting' show up here?
Three distinct ones, counting blessings as gratitude, counting votes in an election, and counting as a literal measurement technique in physics experiments.
Why do people search for counting quotes?
Often for gratitude or mindfulness content, since counting your blessings is the most quoted and shareable sense of the word among these.
Is there a quote connecting counting to democracy?
Yes, one argues bluntly that voting itself isn't what makes democracy work, the counting afterward is, putting the emphasis on process rather than the act of voting.
Is there a scientific quote about counting?
Yes, one references simultaneous recording using ionization chambers and counting tubes, a much more literal and technical use than the others in this set.
Are any of these quotes about children or learning to count?
Not directly, though readers looking for that angle may prefer our Rhymes collection, which covers counting in a more playful, early-learning sense.

One quote gets pointed about elections specifically, arguing it isn't the voting that makes democracy real, but the counting after it. For younger readers, see our Rhymes.