Scale Quotes

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How fishy on the fishiness scale? Ten is a stickleback and one is a whale shark." "A whale isn't a fish, Thursday." "A whale shark… — Jasper Fforde
What stops me from taking myself seriously, even though I am essentially a serious person, is that I find myself extremely ridiculous, not in the… — Gustave Flaubert
He learned the arts of riding, fencing, gunnery, And how to scale a fortress - or a nunnery. — Lord Byron
My mother is a big fan of precision, and tries her best to maintain it. Unfortunately, her own incompetence gets in the way. Dinner is… — Gregory Galloway
We know that God is everywhere; but certainly we feel His presence most when His works are on the grandest scale spread before us; and… — Charlotte Bronte
On a grander scale, when a society segregates itself, the consequences affect the economy, the emotions, and the ecology. That's one reason why it's easy… — Joel Salatin
There was no pleasure like being envied on a mass scale. — Anna Godbersen
I have a map of the United States... Actual size. It says, 'Scale: 1 mile = 1 mile.' I spent last summer folding it. I… — Steven Wright
But there is something about Time. The sun rises and sets. The stars swing slowly across the sky and fade. Clouds fill with rain and… — Madeleine L'Engle
And to all those who have wondered if Americas beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of… — Barack Obama
For Tommy, on that hot and empty afternoon, was in a state of mind in which grown-up people go away and write books about their… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Maybe in the general scheme of things he couldn't find any meaning in life, but on a smaller scale it was okay. Not always, but… — Etgar Keret
Both for the production on a mass scale of this communist consciousness, and for the success of the cause itself, the alteration of men on… — Karl Marx
Places matter. Their rules, their scale, their design include or exclude civil society, pedestrianism, equality, diversity (economic and otherwise), understanding of where water comes from… — Rebecca Solnit
Then Scale by scale, We strip off The delicacy And eat The peaceful mush Of its green heart. — Pablo Neruda
So what am I? I guess I would call myself a sober optimist...If you are not sober about the scale of the challenge, then you… — Thomas Friedman
I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their… — Maya Angelou
Longing on a large scale makes history. — Don DeLillo
Its funny how certain objects convey a message -- my washer and dryer, for example. They can't speak, of course, but whenever I pass them… — David Sedaris
Ask a deeply religious Christian if heâ€™d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or… — Scott Adams

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