Barometer Quotes

54 quotes by 48 authors

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 woman who truly helped me… — Emma Stone
Keep in mind that the tendency to be judgmental - toward yourself or another person - is a good barometer of how anxious or stressed… — 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 convictions-such a man is .… — 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 the barometer by which we… — Thomas Jane
No matter how you feel about your extended family or family gatherings you will be attending. This is because now the ultimate reason for attending… — Jim Gaffigan
The use of market values and technology as a social barometer has devalued the worth of individuals, rendered irrelevant the quality of their lives, and… — Sulak Sivaraksa
Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover's insecurity. — Margaret Mead
Twenty-five, 30 years ago, the barometer of human rights in the United States were black people. That is no longer true. The barometer for judging… — Bayard Rustin
The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather. — Lionel Trilling
You see, if the height of the mercury [barometer] column is less on the top of a mountain than at the foot of it (as… — Blaise Pascal
Artists are often the barometers of society. — Nancy Pearcey
Jazz is a good barometer of freedom. — Duke Ellington
The way we use our money is a barometer of our present spiritual condition. Our neglect of the poor illustrates much about where our hearts… — David Platt
I have often wondered how anyone who does not read, by which I mean daily, having some book going all the time, can make it… — William Brinkley
Our tolerance for forms of religious expression we disagree with is a precise barometer of our own spiritual security. — Lawrence Kushner
There are only two possible forms of control: one internal and the other external; religious control and political control. They are of such a nature… — Juan Donoso Cortes
In Alaska, the beaches are slumping so much, people are having to move houses. In Tuktoyaktuk, the land is starting to go under water. The… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier
I can't say this strongly enough, but our feelings about ourselves are actually the most important barometer for determining the condition of our lives! — Anita Moorjani

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