Quotes About Relative

I also assume that they are not simply the physical properties of things as now conceived by physical science. Instead, they are ecological, in the sense that they are properties of the environment relative to an animal.

Fear is a relative thing; its effects are relative to power.

The poverty line in the U.S., for example, has nothing to do with the poverty line in India. It is a relative poverty line. It is reset from time to time but it is related to U.S. median income, so if I set that to be the absolute poverty line everyone in India would essentially be poor.

In South, getting admission in SSN is not possible just because someone is my relative. One of the ministers said SSN is the only institution where I can't get a seat for anyone. That's true of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi governments, too.

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

I had to keep from laughing when a male relative of mine became concerned about how often I danced.

The producers of 'Chernobyl' should tell the truth: the accident demonstrates the relative safety, not danger, of nuclear power.

Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.

It is absolute poverty that you could end, but I think relative poverty is a whole other issue.

I don't have perfect pitch, but I have relative pitch. I'm glad I don't have perfect pitch because perfect pitch can drive you crazy.

Well, I make a practice of not commenting on the role of the relative exchange value of our currency.

I still have drive, but everything is relative.

When I speak of 'cycles,' I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if not in the resolving of problems, than at least with respect to the consistency of their capacity to productively irritate.

The criterion for free choice can never be an absolute one, but neither is it entirely relative.

My favorite anything is always relative to the context of present time, place and mood. When I finish a book and want to immediately find another by the same author and no other, that author is elevated to my favorite.

Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.

Growing richer every day, for as rich and poor are relative terms, when the rich are growing poor, it is pretty much the same as if the poor were growing rich. Nobody is poor when the distinction between rich and poor is destroyed.

It's always been something I've been searching for - freedom. It's a very relative thing. It means different things to different people.

We need a national family leave policy that will allow both men and women to take paid time off from work to care for a newborn or a sick relative.

What is far is very close, and what is close is very far

There was a young lady named Bright Who could travel much faster than light She started one day In the relative way And came back on the previous night.

Then the game became guessing where the storm would hit, or, in local parlance, "go in," as if it were some stray relative in search of lodging.

Pero, desde luego, inversión es un vocablo de significado relativo. Depende de lo que se quiera conseguir.

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth but not its twin.