"Today, blacks are no longer the litmus paper……" — Bayard Rustin

More Barometer Quotes

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• Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having. — Ambrose Bierce
• My mother has always been my emotional barometer and my guidance. I was lucky enough to get to have one… — Emma Stone
• Keep in mind that the tendency to be judgmental - toward yourself or another person - is a good barometer… — Harriet Lerner
• Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather. — David Hare
• He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself according to higher principles, who has no ideal, no… — Henri Frederic Amiel
• I think what makes us human is our interconnectedness among people. It's our ability to form and maintain relationships. It's… — Thomas Jane
• No matter how you feel about your extended family or family gatherings you will be attending. This is because now… — Jim Gaffigan
• The use of market values and technology as a social barometer has devalued the worth of individuals, rendered irrelevant the… — Sulak Sivaraksa
• Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of… — Margaret Mead
• Twenty-five, 30 years ago, the barometer of human rights in the United States were black people. That is no longer… — Bayard Rustin
• The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the… — Lionel Trilling
• You see, if the height of the mercury [barometer] column is less on the top of a mountain than at… — Blaise Pascal

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