Milliards

France was to pay five milliards, that is, five thousand millions, of francs, as a war indemnity, -- a thousand millions of dollars. ❋ Elizabeth Latimer (1863)

The interest of this sum would be five hundred milliards, which is the whole rent-roll or nett [sp.] proceeds of the territory of France. ❋ Thomas Jefferson (1784)

The interest of this sum would be 500 milliards, which is said to be the whole rent-roll, or nett proceeds of the territory of France. ❋ Unknown (1760)

Strange, incredibly incomprehensible as it now seems to me that I could, while reasoning about life, overlook the whole life of mankind that surrounded me on all sides; that I could to such a degree blunder so absurdly as to think that my life, and Solomon's and Schopenhauer's, is the real, normal life, and that the life of the milliards is a circumstance undeserving of attention -- strange as this now is to me, I see that so it was. ❋ Unknown (1887)

"Cent mille milliards de poemes" (A hundred thousand billion poems), by Raymond Queneau ❋ Heather McDougal (2009)

Si vous n'avez pas envie de jeûner, ne le faites pas, vous n'êtes pas obligés de le faire, tout est question de conviction, Dieu n'en sera pas dérangé, des milliards d'autres le font, que sont quelques dizaines à ne pas le faire!!!! ❋ Unknown (2009)

The American system is not about recruiting people to move to the US, there are milliards (again, not intended to be a precise term) of folks who want to come. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"La délocalisation des bénéfices coûte 7 milliards d'euros" ❋ Unknown (2008)

Système financier et économique globalà 80% PIB mondial profite à 1 milliards d'individus et 10% des plus riches disposent de 54% du revenu global ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pour les premiers poly cellulaires, il faut attendre 1 milliards d'années avec reconnaissance mutuelle et coopération. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Moreover, the lines of cent mille milliards are very clearly the product of a “controlling intelligence”, a genius of satire, in fact. ❋ Unknown (2007)