1. Disclaimer: [Renormalization](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renormalization) is a huge subject with many facets, such as, e.g. overlapping divergences of subgraphs, [regularization](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regularization_%28physics%29), [renormalization group](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renormalization_group), etc. Here we will only elaborate on OP's quote from Ref. 1.

2. Ref. 1 is considering a Feynman diagram ${\cal F}(q_1, \ldots, q_E)$ in momentum Fourier space, with external 4-momenta $(q_1, \ldots, q_E)$, and with internal 4-momenta $(p_1, \ldots, p_I)$, which are integrated over. The $p$-integrations are assumed to be UV divergent with positive [superficial degree of divergence](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=renormalization&as_epq=superficial+degree+of+divergence) $D\geq 0$.

3. Here $E=\sum_f E_f$ is the total number of external lines, and $E_f$ is the number of external lines of field type $f$.

4. If we differentiate the Feynman diagram $D+1$ times wrt. the external 4-momenta, the integrand becomes UV finite. We conclude that the divergent part of the original Feynman diagram ${\cal F}(q_1, \ldots, q_E)$ is a polynomial in $(q_1, \ldots, q_E)$ of order $\leq D$. Note that the coefficients of the polynomial are possibly infinite!

5. We next add new interaction terms to the Lagrangian density ${\cal L}$ corresponding to $E$-vertices with $E_f$ fields of field type $f$, and possibly a finite number of spacetime derivatives (which in momentum Fourier space becomes a momentum monomial). The new interaction terms are so-called [counterterms](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renormalization).  

6. Feynman instructs us to sum over all Feynman diagrams with $E_f$ external legs of field type $f$. In particular, we should also include diagrams consisting of a single $E$-vertex coming from the new interaction counterterms. By adjusting possibly infinite coupling constants in front of the new interaction counterterms, the full Feynman diagram can be made finite.

References:

1. S. Weinberg, _Quantum Theory of Fields,_ Vol. 1; Section 12.2, p. 506.