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Measurement Quote by Niels Bohr

“The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.” quote by Niels Bohr — Download Open image

“The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.”

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True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Golf is not, on the whole, a game for realists. By its exactitudes of measurements it invites the attention of perfectionists.

Heywood Hale Broun

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“Each of us has our own unit of measurement, our own relativity. Spaces between loves. Spaces between destinations. Spaces between deaths.”

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“The measure of who you are will always exceed measurement.”

Craig D. Lounsbrough

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Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.

Marcel Boulestin

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Measurement of life should be proportioned rather to the intensity of the experience than to its actual length.

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Learning is the measurement of knowledge before and after.

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It is much easier to make measurements than to know exactly what you are measuring

J. W. N. Sullivan

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