Measuring – Quotes

The proud make every

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

I never knew anyone who came close to Marilyn in natural ability to use both photographer and still camera. She was special in this, and for me there has been no one like her before or after. She has remained the measuring rod by which I have – unconsciously – judged other subjects. Eve Arnold

There’s something wrong with

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

There is perhaps no

There is perhaps no better way of measuring the natural endowment of a soul than by its ability to transmute dissatisfaction into a creative impulse. Eric Hoffer

There are two possible

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery. Enrico Fermi

We recognize caste in

We recognize caste in dogs because we rank ourselves by the familiar dog system, a ladderlike social arrangement wherein one individual outranks all others, the next outranks all but the first, and so on down the hierarchy. But the cat system is more like a wheel, with a high-ranking cat at the hub and the … Read more

I have a history

I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than … Read more

The rules say that

The rules say that to tell a story you need first of all a measuring stick, a calendar, you have to calculate how much time has passed between you and the facts, the emotions to be narrated. Elena Ferrante

continually measuring women\\’s wants

continually measuring women’s wants by men’s achievements seems out of date, ignominious, and intolerably boring. … Now that we have secured possession of the tools of citizenship, we intend to use them not to copy men’s models but to produce our own. Eleanor Rathbone

People are tied together

People are tied together and yet isolated from each other by invisible threads of rhythm and hidden walls of time. Time is… a primary organizer of all activities, a synthesizer and integrator, a way of handling priorities and categorizing experience, a feedback mechanism for how things are going, a measuring rod against which competence, effort, … Read more