Measure Quotes

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People who create things nowadays can expect to be prosecuted by highly moralistic people who are incapable of creating anything. There is no way to… — Joseph Sobran
To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose. — Florence Nightingale
I used to measure the Heavens, now I measure the shadows of Earth. The mind belonged to Heaven, the body's shadow lies here. — Johannes Kepler
We are apt to think we know what time is because we can measure it, but no sooner do we reflect upon it than that… — Robert Morrison MacIver
All the sciences are, in some measure, linked with each other, and before the one is ended, the other begins. — Oliver Goldsmith
Kepler's discovery would not have been possible without the doctrine of conics. Now contemporaries of Kepler-such penetrating minds as Descartes and Pascal-were abandoning the study… — Charles Sanders Peirce
Mathematics is an obscure field, an abstruse science, complicated and exact; yet so many have attained perfection in it that we might conclude almost anyone… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Never was sin seen to be more abominably sinful and full of provocation than when the burden of it was upon the shoulders of the… — John Owen
Men can construct a science with very few instruments, or with very plain instruments; but no one on earth could construct a science with unreliable… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
But, because my private lectures and domestic pupils are a great hinderance and intteruption of my studies, I wish to live entirely exempt from the… — Galileo Galilei
Men are not gentle, friendly creatures wishing for love, who simply defend themselves if they are attacked, but ... a powerful measure of desire for… — Sigmund Freud
Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for this… — Elizabeth Hardwick
But whatever be their degree of talent it is no measure of their rights. Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in understanding, he… — Thomas Jefferson
The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain… — Sigmund Freud
When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people… — Bertrand Russell
The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance. — Brian Tracy
A people may become great through many means, but there is only one measure by which its greatness is recognized and acknowledged. The final measure… — James Weldon Johnson
A single good government becomes... a blessing to the whole earth, its welcome to the oppressed restraining within certain limits the measure of their oppressions.… — Thomas Jefferson
. . . how man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't completely understood . . . he knows… — Edward T. Hall
How easily we get trapped in that which is not essential - in looking good, winning at competition, gathering power and wealth - when simply… — Parker J. Palmer
Some reckon their age by years, Some measure their life by art; But some tell their days by the flow of their tears And their… — Abram Joseph Ryan
All the religions of the world say God is the creator. If he is really the creator, then the only way to meet him will… — Rajneesh
'I believe in one God and Mohammed the Apostle of God,' is the simple and invariable profession of Islam. The intellectual image of the Deity… — Edward Gibbon
...the Muslims of recent times had fallen very short indeed of the ideals of their faith, ...nothing could be more erroneous than to measure the… — Muhammad Asad
What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of Days has… — Saint John Chrysostom

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