Quotes About Measure

If we envision that, somehow, the surface area of a black hole is a measure of the entropy it contains, then the increase in total surface area could be read as an increase in total entropy.

Measure what you fear most. Do you want that to be the benchmark of your life? —questions for acolytes, from the Rossak texts

A goal, however, is something distinctly different from a wish. It is clear, written, and specific. It can be quickly and easily described to another person. You can measure it, and you know when you have achieved it or not.

Meanwhile the Cosmos is rich beyond measure: the total number of stars in the universe is greater than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.

The Cosmos is rich beyond measure—in elegant facts, in exquisite interrelationships, in the subtle machinery of awe.

Longevity is perhaps the best single measure of the physical quality of life. (If you're dead, there's little you can do to be happy.) This is a precious offering from science to humanity -nothing less than the gift of life.

THE MEASURE OF THE MAGIC. Read on for an excerpt from THE MEASURE OF THE MAGIC The conclusion to Legends of Shannara

Rage is the only armor you have against the pain; it gives a measure of protection. The stronger the enemy, the stronger the pain. But the stronger the rage, the stronger the shield. It makes you care less about the truth of what you have done. In some cases enough to not feel the pain.

I went straight from college into restaurants, so, from the beginning, my idea of what a kitchen should be was the highfalutin' restaurant type - and what I had at home never measured up to that.

Whole areas of knowledge and information have been defined into nonexistence because the system cannot know, understand, control, or measure them.

The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever.

I had adored my father and, in the classic Oedipal dance, had tried to find a romantic partner who measured up to him.

life worth living might be measured in many ways, but the one way that stands above all others is living a life of no regrets.

Never look to other couples to measure your worth; look to God to fulfill your call. Don't compare yourself with other couples to measure your happiness; compare your obedience with God's design on your life to measure your faithfulness.

It was a precautionary measure, unlikely to be used, but the designers of the pistol perhaps had lived in more turbulent times, when even the craftworlds had raised their weapons against each other.

your love to grow and increase beyond measure, bringing you into the rich revelation of spiritual insightj in all things.

The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.

Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefullness, and gratefullness is a measure of our aliveness.

Observe due measure, for timing is in all things the most important factor.

If a man is convinced that he is safe only as long as he uses his power to give others a sense of insecurity, then the measure of their security is in his hands. If security or insecurity is at the mercy of a single individual or group, then control of behavior becomes routine. All imperialism functions in this way.

You have to measure everything twice because you can only cut once.

and he would probably not agree with my conviction that a sense of humor is the main measure of sanity. But who can say for sure? Humor is a very private thing.

Willy, one of the guys at the distillery, comes up with what Oliver and I agree is the best definition of what a 'dram' actually is: 'A measure of whisky that is pleasing to both guest and host.

I love you, and you're the measure of my wrath. Declan.