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195 Measurement quotes by 177 unique authors

Economics was like psychology, a pseudoscience trying to hide that fact with intense theoretical hyperelaboration. And gross domestic product was one of those unfortunate measurement… — Kim Stanley Robinson
It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement -- that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves… — Sigmund Freud
An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer. — Max Planck
Most inexperienced cooks believe, mistakenly, that a fine cake is less challenging to produce than a fine souffle or mousse. I know, however, that a… — Julia Glass
A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of tiny yellow flowers… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Women have waited millions of years, growing separate as another species, with visions and priorities no man-words, no man-measurements can comprehend. — Kate Braverman
The Tezuman priests have a sophisticated calendar and an advanced horology," quoted Rincewind. "Ah," said Eric, "Good." "No," said Rincewind patiently. "It means time measurement."… — Terry Pratchett
Or maybe I had known him or maybe there's something that happens between some people at a level that goes beyond time measurements and what… — P. C. Cast
I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if… — Isaac Asimov
Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly — J D Salinger
There’s something completely unnerving about seeing your parents upset. I suppose it’s because they’re supposed to be the strong ones, but that’s not just it.… — Cecelia Ahern
There was but one question he left unasked, and it vibrated between his lines: if gross miscalculations of a person's value could occur on a… — Michael Lewis
Something else an academic education will do for you. If you go along with it any considerable distance, it will begin to give you an… — J D Salinger
A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of… — Dave Barry
I imagine John Watson thinks love’s a mystery to me, but the chemistry is incredibly simple and very destructive. When we first met, you told… — Mark Gatiss
Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage. — BrenÃ© Brown
No doubt Carter would describe the underground city in excruciating detail, with exact measurements of each room, boring history on every statue and hieroglyph, and… — Rick Riordan
It is true that we do not recognize greatness among us. Our measurements of importance are generally faulty and speak mainly to the superficialities of… — Haki R. Madhubuti
In the middle of life, death comes to take your measurements. The visit is forgotten and life goes on. But the suit is being sewn… — Tomas Transtromer
The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old… — George Bernard Shaw
Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. Rather we should turn to those inner things - call… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
No effect that requires more than 10 percent accuracy in measurement is worth investigating. — Walther Nernst
Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements. — Marcel Boulestin
Accurate and minute measurement seems to the non-scientific imagination, a less lofty and dignified work than looking for something new. But nearly all the grandest… — Lord Kelvin
A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of physical ability to… — Branch Rickey

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