#measure

Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

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One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it. ↗

— David Hilbert

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The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught. ↗

— Lord Kelvin

#knew #man #measure #measure of a man #never

In fact any experiment that measures a quantum effect is one in which the quantum effect is aligned with the behavior of some heavy, macroscopic object; that's how we measure it. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#any #behavior #effect #experiment #fact

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.' ↗

— Joe Biden

#champ #dad #down #gets #how

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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If a measurement matters at all, it is because it must have some conceivable effect on decisions and behaviour. If we can't identify a decision that could be affected by a proposed measurement and how it could change those decisions, then the measurement simply has no value ↗

— Douglas W. Hubbard

#information-economics #measurement #business

One needs a Seer's Vision and an Angel's voice to be of any avail. I do not know of any Indian man or woman today who has those gifts in their most complete measure. ↗

— Sarojini Naidu

#any #avail #complete #gifts #i

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold. ↗

— Zelda Fitzgerald

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Love should never be too much or too less, yet it cannot be measured. ↗

— Rizi Dame C. Briz

#lovers-sadness #measurement #wisdom-quote #love