#measure

There's nothing wrong with having a desire to want nice things. It's when we place that as a measure of the value of ourselves that it goes askew. ↗

— Demi Moore

#goes #having #measure #nice #nice things

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#measured #object #temptation #value

I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you cannot measure must be uninteresting. ↗

— Donald Norman

#decide #i #i think #measurable #measure

Each and every one of the security measures we implement serves an important goal: providing safe and efficient air travel for the millions of people who rely on our aviation system every day. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#air travel #aviation #day #each #efficient

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead. ↗

— Andre Norton

#cannot #carry #courage #each #how

My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and I was able to pay the rent, and that was by being a stand-up comic. Not a very good stand-up comic, but good enough to make a living. ↗

— Graham Norton

#ambition #being #comic #enough #finally

You're measured by championships no matter what. ↗

— Candace Parker

#matter #measured #you

What I learned from Rockefeller that's off-the-hook important is: You need to know exactly where you stand in a business at all times. Measure everything, because everything that is measured and watched improves. ↗

— Bob Parsons

#business #everything #exactly #i #important

Man is the measure of all things. ↗

— Protagoras

#man #measure #things

I visited the compound of the American embassy and talked to the police and the people and encouraged them, and I told them to take the proper measure and apply the law against the people who are attacking them and attacking the buildings. ↗

— Hesham Qandil

#american #apply #attacking #buildings #compound