Measured Quotes

808 Measured quotes by 650 unique authors

I prefer the man who calls his nonsense a mystery to him who who pretends it is a weighed, measured, analyzed fact. — George Bernard Shaw
Money has, as we know, no value in itself. It is a convenient yardstick for a large number of material values. But the health and… — Karl Evang
Demand is best measured in terms of spending. You know, I think in traditional economics, it's a mistake to measure it in terms of the… — Ray Dalio
I wish to say to you that the life of an enlightened people and a vibrant nation cannot be measured by the life of an… — King Hussein I
Hitchcock's got a very interesting voice; it's a very controlled, measured rhythm that's quite slow and, in that sense, also felt quite controlling in its… — Toby Jones
If I collected all the diamonds in the world, I'd have no 'income' but I'd have a lot of 'assets'. Would my company be worth… — Vinod Khosla
A brave man, a real fighter is not measured by how many times he falls, but how many times he stands up. — Rickson Gracie
There's a difference between an outburst of spontaneous anger, which doesn't have a political objective, and a more measured response that we saw in the… — David Harvey
It's like this: The time between having an idea and its public launch is measured in days not months, weeks not years. — Tim Bray
It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it. — Orlando Gibbons
Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by having rather than… — Richard John Neuhaus
The conversation of most middle-class Americans, we are told, revolves around consumption: what to buy, what was just bought, where to eat, the price of… — Brennan Manning
Life would be stunted and narrow if we could feel no significance in the world around us beyond that which can be weighed and measured… — Arthur Eddington
The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of all, is by… — Guy Finley
Perhaps the importance that we must attach to the achievement of an artist or a group of artists may properly be measured by the answer… — Walter Sickert
I hold, as an article of faith, that the worth of an organisation can be accurately measured as the reciprocal of how many Hollywood beautiful… — Barry Williams
They call me Ricky Fatton. Mind you I've had a lot on my plate recently. I got measured for this suit the other week. They… — Ricky Hatton
The painter who is so enamoured by the beauties of the parts of a landscape, that he strives to represent all, cannot succeed. His picture… — Walter J. Phillips
I don't think we really measured the enormity of the whole occasion. I'm very, very surprised. We never expected it. When I set out in… — Duncan Fletcher
So few the grains of happiness measured against all the dark and still the scales balance. — Jane Hirshfield
While knowledge of tools and the love of motif may be in your backpack, and all mountains may be measured by their previous heroes, art… — Robert Genn
Who knows how fast a second-guess can travel? Who has ever measured the exact speed of regret? — Karen Thompson Walker
Order marches with weighty and measured strides. Disorder is always in a hurry. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Selfless giving is measured by how good you feel. Self giving should be obvious. — Frederick Lenz
Any schoolboy could see that man as a force must be measured by motion, from a fixed point. — Henry Adams

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