Measure Quotes

2084 Measure quotes by 1450 unique authors

An estimated value is a precarious measure of justice, compared with the specific thing. — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this… — Dmitri Mendeleev
The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research. — Paul Dirac
We live in a world shaped by the ambiguous legacy of the Enlightenment...[it] enlarged the scope of human freedom, prepared our minds for the scientific… — James Q. Wilson
One of the things that Ive always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own… — Maurice Strong
Finally it should be the earnest wish and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect, and affection of the inhabitants of… — William McKinley
The American president just won the nobel peace prize, by any reasonable measure, all Americans should be proud — Rachel Maddow
I would say that the powerful, revolutionary thing about Jesus' message is that he says, 'What do you do with the people that aren't like… — Rob Bell
The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life. — John Ortberg
Don't eat me. I am an inchworm. I am useful. I measure things. — Leo Lionni
Measure the success of your days by the lives touched vs the hours passed. — Robin Sharma
You know the pain is part of the whole thing. And it isn’t that you can say afterwards the pleasure was greater than the pain… — Lydia Davis
You can measure distance by time. 'How far away is it?' 'Oh about 20 minutes.' But it doesn't work the other way. 'When do you… — Jerry Seinfeld
The practice of yoga induces a primary sense of measure and proportion. Reduced to our own body, our first instrument, we learn to play it,… — Yehudi Menuhin
The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure. — Felix Klein
The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America. — Thaddeus Stevens
Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and… — Samuel Chase
The essence of liberalism is negotiation, a cautious half measure, in the hope that the definitive dispute, the decisive bloody battle, can be transformed into… — Carl Schmitt
The peoples owe all political rights and privileges which we enjoy today in greater or lesser measure, not to the good will of their governments,… — Rudolf Rocker
Political [or individual] rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but only when they have become… — Rudolf Rocker
The impact of organizational health goes far beyond the walls of a company, extending to customers and vendors, even to spouses and children. It sends… — Patrick Lencioni
If you measure it, it will improve. — Seth Godin
Although the content of consciousness depends in large measure on neuronal activity, awareness itself does not.To me, it seems more and more reasonable to suggest… — Wilder Penfield
Tell me how you measure me, and I will tell you how I will behave — Eliyahu M. Goldratt
I think also of my colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands, and feel that in some measure I am here as a representative… — Murray Gell-Mann

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