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228 Magnitude quotes by 189 unique authors

The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the… — Charles Francis Richter
[In plotting earthquake measurements] the range between the largest and smallest magnitudes seemed unmanageably large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg then made the natural suggestion to plot… — Charles Francis Richter
The people of the U.S. owe their Independence & their liberty, to the wisdom of descrying in the minute tax of 3 pence on tea,… — James Madison
A man's house burns down. The smoking wreckage represents only a ruined home that was dear through years of use and pleasant associations. By and… — Mark Twain
War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized. — Marianne Moore
Mathematics would certainly have not come into existence if one had known from the beginning that there was in nature no exactly straight line, no… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Seriously, I do not know what to say of this book [ Absalom, Absalom!] except that it seem to point to the final blowup of… — Clifton Fadiman
Our brains have evolved to help us survive within the orders of magnitude of size and speed which our bodies operate at. We never evolved… — Richard Dawkins
Not since Reggie White have the Packers had a pass rusher of this magnitude. — Warren Sapp
The new shift in thinking is the gateway to human transformation. And because of the sheer number of people involved in this shift, and the… — Gregg Braden
There is a special aura about artists who take their visions to the highest pinnacles of success ... I get very excited about the magnitude… — Unknown Author
Our treatment of animals, in every department, is deeply and systematically immoral. Becoming a vegetarian is only the most minimal ethical response to the magnitude… — Colin McGinn
The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher the person against… — Thomas Aquinas
In his essay, ‘Perpetual Peace,’ the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by… — Henry A. Kissinger
The magnitude of this event (9/11) turned the world into a scary place. And perhaps the scariest part of all was that these terrorists believed… — Nonie Darwish
The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When such pleasure is present, so long as it is uninterrupted, there… — Epicurus
I know that the precise magnitude and patterns of climate change cannot be fully predicted. But global warming clearly is a growing, long-term threat with… — William J. Clinton
People with mental problems are our neighbors. They are members of our congregations, members of our families; they are everywhere in this country. If we… — Rosalynn Carter
The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of… — Unknown Author
Contrary to popular accounts, very few scientists in the world - possibly none - have a sufficiently thorough, 'big picture' understanding of the climate system… — Roy Spencer
A warming of this magnitude would risk the end of civilization as we know it by the end of this century. — Unknown Author
A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents arousing… — Aristotle
But in this world of morally-warped phenomena there are rare and happy exceptions of truly great magnitude, which always pay dearly for their exclusiveness and… — Vissarion Belinsky
I got overwhelmed by the magnitude of the celebrity culture in America. My background is as a news journalist, and newsrooms in the US are… — Carl Hiaasen
I sometimes struggle with how to properly respond to God’s magnitude in a world bent on ignoring or merely tolerating Him. But know this: God will… — Francis Chan

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