What are counts?

Famous quotes containing the word counts:

    “Talent counts thirty percent; appearance counts seventy.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “The man who knows it can’t be done counts the risk, not the reward.”
    —Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915)

    “In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)