Measure Quotes

2084 Measure quotes by 1450 unique authors

The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo… — Ernst Engel
The measure of our intellectual capacity is the capacity to feel less and less satisfied with our answers to better and better problems. — C. West Churchman
The Difficulty lies, in finding out an exact Measure but eat for Necessity, not Pleasure, for Lust knows not where Necessity ends. — Benjamin Franklin
My good friends, we are all waiting. We are waiting, if not for the Messiah, as such, we are waiting for the messianic moment. And… — Elie Wiesel
Set measurable goals, measure relative to competition. — Joe Kraus
The hope or climbing aspiration of a divine child is to receive and achieve Peace, Light and Bliss in infinite measure. — Sri Chinmoy
Sometimes the measure of friendship isn't your ability to not harm but your capacity to forgive the things done to you and ask forgiveness for… — R. K. Milholland
Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it… — Abraham Pais
Poetry requires deliberate movement in its direction, a filament of faith in its persistence, receptivity to its fundamental worthwhileness. Within its unanesthetized heart there is… — C.D. Wright
You need to know exactly where you stand in a business at all times. Measure everything, because everything that is measured and watched improves. — Bob Parsons
To the barefoot man, happiness is a pair of shoes. To the man with old shoes, it's a pair of new shoes. To the man… — Michael Josephson
But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism. — Thomas E. Mann
The way is the beginning of all beings and the measure of right and wrong. — Han Fei
Lord of hosts! When I swim in the merciful waters of your grace I find that I can neither plumb nor measure the depths. — Menno Simons
To write a book such as Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn is a formidable undertaking. You must accumulate thousands of facts and spare no detail,… — Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Women are hungry for things of the Spirit, for truths that counter the slide of virtues all around them. Visiting teaching is a measure of… — Bonnie D. Parkin
When you have shot and killed a man you have in some measure clarified your attitude toward him. You have given a definite answer to… — R. A. Lafferty
Wins are the most important measure for goalies, I think. Certainly it's a great accomplishment. — Curtis Joseph
I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because without a failure criterion against which to measure the calculated result, it… — Henry Petroski
What would your prayers look like if you believed that the cross really was the measure of God's compassion for someone? — J. D. Greear
For love that is not requited in equal measure is not love at all; it is not sacred. And holding on to the ideal of… — Kathleen McGowan
Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don’t, or you do with every cell in… — Adrian Tan
A man with a dream of pleasure can go forth and conquer a crowd and three. With a new song's measure can trample a kingdom… — Fred Shero
God’s holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil. — David F. Wells
We are having the single worst recovery the U.S. has had since the Great Depression. I don't care how you measure it. The East Coast… — Arthur Laffer

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