Measure Quotes

2084 Measure quotes by 1450 unique authors

Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be; since no one can well measure a great… — Walter Savage Landor
Whoever claims to understand another person completely, is either entirely ignorant of himself, or else has a nature so small that he can measure it… — Lucy Larcom
We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves. — John Selden
Because love has been so perverted, it has in many cases come to involve a measure of hatred. — Germaine Greer
He who has learnt to control his tongue has attained self-control in a great measure. When such a person speaks he will be heard with… — B.K.S. Iyengar
The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think. — Malcolm De Chazal
Against the sustained tick of a watch, fiction takes the measure of a life, a season, a look exchanged, the turning point, desire as brief… — Mavis Gallant
If we must live with a perpetual sense that the world and the men in it are greater than we and too much for us,… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
I couldn't imagine a day without music. It relaxes and stimulates me in equal measure and I hate the sound of silence - the concept,… — Charles Kennedy
Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation. — William O. Douglas
My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To… — Jane Rule
Our obsession with security is a measure of the power we have granted the future to hold over us. — Wendell Berry
When the self is ones exclusive subject and limit, reference and measure, one has no choice but to make a world of words. — Wendell Berry
This required abandoning the idea that there is a universal quantity called time that all clocks measure. Instead, everyone would have his own personal time.… — Stephen Hawking
It is a measure of the Negro's circumstance that, in America, the smallest things usually take him so very long, and that, by the time… — Murray Kempton
It's hard for me to measure them, or to assess my books because I'm so close to them. — Roddy Doyle
We have more information now than we can use, and less knowledge and understanding than we need. Indeed, we seem to collect information because we… — Warren G. Bennis
To each thing belongs it's measure. Occasion is best to know. — Pindar
The privilege and pleasure That we treasure beyond measure Is to run on little errands for the Ministers of State. — W. S. Gilbert
Who is moving in the distance? It is the clock's pendulum, Hired by the god of death To measure life. — Gu Cheng
I never know what South Carolina thinks of a measure. I never consult her. I act to the best of my judgment, and according to… — John C. Calhoun
Always compare yourself to the best. Even if you never measure up, it can't help but make you better. — Tom Robbins
I'm certainly proud to be Cuban American, and it's a fantastic opportunity for anybody - regardless of their ethnicity or nationality. It does carry a… — Danny Pino
Researchers can measure what kind of angles your legs take up during the day when they're just trailing around behind you in weightless conditions, and… — John L. Phillips
Small samples in the centrifuge will spin at varying rates to create synthetic gravity, like the gravity of Mars or the gravity of the moon,… — John L. Phillips

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