Metric System Quotes
- Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. — Dave Barry
- In the heavens we discover [stars] by their light, and by their light alone ... the sole evidence of the existence of these distant worlds… — James Clerk Maxwell
- If God had wanted us to use the metric system, Jesus would have had 10 apostles. — Jesse Helms
- The most lasting and universal consequence of the French revolution is the metric system — Eric Hobsbawm
- God invented man, and man invented the metric system. — Salvador Dali
- Drugs have taught an entire generation of kids the metric system — P.J. O'Rourke
- Of course Evil's afoot. If it had switched to the metric system it'd be up to a meter by now. — Jim Butcher
- There was a sound like a human yawn, and then the skull turned slightly toward me and asked, "What's up, boss?" "Evil's afoot." "Well, sure,"… — Jim Butcher
- I'm not familiar with the metric system. — Patton Oswalt