by numbers
Alternative form of by the numbers
The scale of light can be described by numbers - called the frequency - and as the numbers get higher, the light goes from red to blue to ultraviolet. We can't see ultraviolet light, but it can affect photographic plates. It's still light - only the number is different. Richard Feynman
Suffering is not increased by numbers. One body can contain all the suffering the world can feel. Graham Greene
By Numbers here from Shame or Censure free, All Crimes are safe, but hated Poverty. This, only this, the rigid Law persues, This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. Samuel Johnson
How vivid is the suffering of the few when the people are few and how the suffering of nameless millions in two world wars is blurred over by numbers. Edwin Way Teale
For not by numbers of men, nor by measure of body, but by valor of soul is war to be decided. Belisarius
The minute there's a map, there is no art. Paint by numbers is not art. Paint by numbers is a mechanical activity. Seth Godin