Everything Counts in Large Amounts

I need help here. The phrase "Everything Counts In Large Amounts" is used extremely often nowadays. The first time I heard it was on the Depeche Mode song 1983, written by Marting L. Gore. I however have a hard time believing that the latter actually came up with it in the first place. Can you please help me find out where the quote comes from? My intuition is telling me the quote is from a personality or writer who said it much earlier than 1983. I'm relying on your personal memory here; pay no heed to Google, etc. Thank you very much in advance. Cheers, Jugurtha