Measuring Quotes

172 quotes by 162 authors

The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against others. — Ezra Taft Benson
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by… — W. E. B. Du Bois
There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it. — Erma Bombeck
Pride consists in a man making his personality the only test, instead of making truth the test. The sceptic feels himself too large to measure… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The object of geometry in all its measuring and computing, is to ascertain with exactness the plan of the great Geometer, to penetrate the veil… — Benjamin Peirce
I can't say that I was my happiest on court, but I felt completely free. Free from family obligations, free from my own torment. In… — Jimmy Connors
No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing. — Washington Irving
The chemists work with inaccurate and poor measuring services, but they employ very good materials. The physicists, on the other hand, use excellent methods and… — Wolfgang Ostwald
I certainly do care about measuring educational results. But what is an 'educational result?' The twinkling eyes of my students, together with their heartfelt and… — Keith Devlin
As there is not in human observation proper means for measuring the waste of land upon the globe, it is hence inferred, that we cannot… — James Hutton
Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout… — Irving Townsend
Measurement has too often been the leitmotif of many investigations rather than the experimental examination of hypotheses. Mounds of data are collected, which are statistically… — Edmund Pellegrino
There have been many authorities who have asserted that the basis of science lies in counting or measuring, i.e. in the use of mathematics. Neither… — Roy Crowson
'Concentrate on measuring performance and winning will take care of itself'. That is a brilliant excuse for coming second... — Clive Woodward
Real success comes in small portions day by day. You need to take pleasure in life's daily little treasures. It is the most important thing… — Denis Waitley
We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves. The more self-love we have,… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
For those who want some proof that physicists are human, the proof is in the idiocy of all the different units which they use for… — Richard P. Feynman
In physical science a first essential step in the direction of learning any subject is to find principles of numerical reckoning and practicable methods for… — Lord Kelvin
There is no instrument for measuring the pressure of the Ether, which is probably millions of times greater: it is altogether too uniform for direct… — Oliver Lodge
We find no sense in talking about something unless we specify how we measure it; a definition by the method of measuring a quantity is… — Hermann Bondi

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