Measure Quotes

There's no preventative measure between the Palestinians, between those terrorists to the state of Israel.

If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great measure suggested itself, you have shrunk from the vast responsibility, afraid to go forward lest you should go wrong, what wonder?

You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.

There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.

If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

Then again, they're not scripted and I feel it's virtually impossible to be anything but yourself when you're in front of the cameras and cooking so there is a measure of truth in what you see.

Researchers can measure what kind of angles your legs take up during the day when they're just trailing around behind you in weightless conditions, and what kind of impacts you feel during your exercise. They're going to compare that with what we do on the ground.

All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.

Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.

With these kinds of proposals, the devil is in the details. We're going to examine this realignment closely. We will fight any measure that compromises our needs - now or in the future.

How do you measure your value?

I believe the only measure of government response shouldn't be how much we spend on a situation, but rather how well we spend.

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.

I am a huge believer in giving back and helping out in the community and the world. Think globally, act locally I suppose. I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.

City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure.

Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word.

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree.

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

I want to see where I measure up against everyone in the world and everyone who has ever competed in the sport, and there's that innate sense of wanting to challenge myself. I'm competitive in all aspects.

God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress.

Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

All four elements were happening in equal measure - the cuisine, the wine, the service, and the overall ambience. It taught me that dining could happen at a spiritual level.

It's nice, being brought up with no money at all. It's just not how I measure success, so that makes it a bunch easier.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.