They just elected me Mis Phonograph Record of 1966. They discovered my measurements were 33 1/2, 45, 78! — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
Any measurement must take into account the position of the observer. There is no such thing as measurement absolute, there is only… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
In the middle of life, death comes to take your measurements. The visit is forgotten and life goes on. But the suit… — Tomas Transtromer Copy Share Image
“The level of your self-control is measured as the difference between how you act when you have nothing and how you react… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Man up and add a tux to your wardrobe. Just find one you like and get it well-tailored to your own measurements. — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
Our universe is not a 'was' or a 'will be' system. It is an 'is' system vibrating within the 'now' measurement of… — Michael Beckwith Copy Share Image
We find no sense in talking about something unless we specify how we measure it; a definition by the method of measuring… — Hermann Bondi Copy Share Image
A careful analysis of the process of observation in atomic physics has shown that the subatomic particles have no meaning as isolated… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
It is also right that we continue to consult with front line workers and the public to ensure that targets are reasonable… — John Hutton Copy Share Image
As a married woman, I know perfectly well what six or eight inches looks like, so it's easy to make a good… — Cassandra Danz Copy Share Image
This is true even in organizations that are very focused on analysis and quantitative measurement, even among people who think of themselves… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
The process of rating players can be compared to the measurement of the position of a cork bobbing up and down on… — Arpad Elo Copy Share Image
The simple fact is that, since the beginning of this century, the average global temperature has flatlined; indeed, over the past 18… — Peter Lilley Copy Share Image
You will have peace to the extent that you have God, and the further you are away from God the less you… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
Children make the best measurements of time. It is only when I see the son or daughter of a friend or relative… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
For complex reasons, our culture allows "economy" to mean only "money economy." It equates success and even goodness with monetary profit because… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
The new painters do not propose, any more than did their predecessors, to be geometers. But it may be said that geometry… — Guillaume Apollinaire Copy Share Image
Earlier maps had underestimated the distances to other continents and exaggerated the outlines of individual nations. Now global dimensions could be set,… — Dava Sobel Copy Share Image
Measurement has too often been the leitmotif of many investigations rather than the experimental examination of hypotheses. Mounds of data are collected,… — Edmund Pellegrino Copy Share Image
Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Direct marketers, of course, realize that measurement is the key to success. Figure out what works, and do it more! Mass marketers… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
To me, the capacity to earn money has never been a measurement of success. It is my belief that people must develop… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
The measurement of good policy is the well-being of the community. I saw the human faces of failed policies, and they weren't… — Raul Ruiz Copy Share Image
The old story is a story of measurement. And the New Story is to bring measurement and meaning together. You cannot measure… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
The goal is not to improve one measurement in isolation. The goal is to reduce operational expenses AND reduce inventories and increase… — Eliyahu M. Goldratt Copy Share Image
The more precise the measurement of position, the more imprecise the measurement of momentum, and vice versa. — Werner Heisenberg Copy Share Image
“In the measurement world, you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility, you set the context and… — Benjamin Zander Copy Share Image
Women have waited millions of years, growing separate as another species, with visions and priorities no man-words, no man-measurements can comprehend. — Kate Braverman Copy Share Image
There is an unusually high and consistent correlation between the stupidity of a given person and that person’s propensity to be impressed… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Each of us has our own unit of measurement, our own relativity. Spaces between loves. Spaces between destinations. Spaces between deaths.” — David Levithan Copy Share Image
It is a real issue, a measurement of our society, when we say it's fine to destroy unborn life who has a… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
“The height of your success will be measured with reference to the depth from which you started.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I care about how many people's lives I've positively impacted. That's the unit of measurement I measure myself by. — Brock Pierce Copy Share Image
Measurement is fabulous. Unless you're busy measuring what's easy to measure as opposed to what's important — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
People think the free market is a philosophy, they think that it is a creed. It is none of those things. Free… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
This man I was going with asked me for my finger measurements. I thought he was going to buy me a ring… — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
Poetry was syllable and rhythm. Poetry was the measurement of breath. Poetry was time make audible. Poetry evoked the present moment; poetry… — Damon Galgut Copy Share Image
It can happen to but few philosophers, and but at distant intervals, to snatch a science, like Dalton, from the chaos of… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
