Scales Quotes · Page 37

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for satire) politics, and the lives of the…

— Laurence Housman

[People] assume that there must be something to [Donald Trump] grandiose self-presentation, because who could be a con man on that big…

— Michelle Goldberg

Daydreams are doable. The turn-on is not in scale, spectacle, or cost. It's in the doing. Anything you haven't done is an…

— Malcolm Forbes

Happy, not from anything that happens. Warm, not from fire or a hot bath. Light, I register zero on a scale.

— Rumi

I'd always thought that heavy metal - what I knew of it, anyway - was for tragic losers with acne and inch-thick…

— Joel McIver

What is art but the life upon the larger scale, the higher. When, graduating up in a spiral line of still expanding…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Place and the scale of space must be measured against our bodies and their capabilities.

— Gary Snyder

Most of the problems of government come from people being overwhelmed by the size and scale of what they have to do.

— Tony Blair

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are...There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal…

— Jim Morrison

If you didn't have employers able to pay off the books and off the record safely in cash, you wouldn't have illegal…

— Kenneth Rogoff

Like all animals, human beings have always taken what they want from nature. But we are the rogue species. We are unique…

— Edward Burtynsky

Americans often did not realize that their Marine Corps was a force without counterpart in the world. European navies used Marines for…

— Lynn Montross

I've done a great job at being universal in my stand-up, which is why, for 'Let Me Explain,' I toured all over…

— Kevin Hart

From henceforth thou shalt learn that there is love To long for, pureness to desire, a mount Of consecration it were good…

— Jean Ingelow

I'm a natural piano player. So all the practicing I do at this point is in my head. If I don't play…

— Harry Connick, Jr

Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when need be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny…

— Rosa Luxemburg

Google has the business resources, global scale and platform reach to accelerate Nest growth across hardware, software and services for the home…

— Tony Fadell

A wife should always be few feet behind her husband. If he is an MA you should be a BA.If he is…

— Shashi Deshpande

When any of us meet someone who rejects dominant norms and values, we feel a little less crazy for doing the same.…

— Charles Eisenstein

The correct method for tracking the stock market is to use semilogarithmic chart paper, since the market's history is sensibly related only…

— Robert Prechter

I am beginning to see a large-scale introduction of various management tools, philosophies and practices in the service sectors and have a…

— Masaaki Imai

The fundamental religious objection to the theory of evolution is not scientific but moral. [Fundamentalists believe that] evolutionary theory must be opposed…

— Elizabeth S. Anderson

I have never understood, for example, how come a child can climb up on the roof, scale the TV antenna, and rescue…

— Erma Bombeck

There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and…

— Mark Zuckerberg

This is a glorious biography ... The time is ripe for a new biography of Edith Wharton of this intimacy and on…

— Mark Bostridge