#measure

In some parts of life, like mathematics and science, yeah, I was a genius. I would top all the top scores you could ever measure it by. ↗

— Steve Wozniak

#ever #genius #i #life #like

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art. ↗

— Frank Lloyd Wright

#art #measure #qualities #repose #simplicity

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

I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement. ↗

— Howard Gardner

#citizenship #educational #good #good work #i

God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement. ↗

— Marcus Garvey

#created #eternity #first #follow #genius

In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject; the form is always in proportion to the obsession. ↗

— Alberto Giacometti

#art #artist #every #form #formal

We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line. ↗

— Jerry Greenfield

#bottom line #community #contributed #how #just

Under Confucianism, the use of precisely measured court music, prescribed steps, actions, and phrases all added up to an extremely complex system of rituals, each used for a particular purpose at a particular time. ↗

— Benjamin Hoff

#added #complex #complex system #confucianism #court

True enough, nature has endowed me with a fair measure of patience and composure, yet I should be lying if I told you that, having seen the reporter off on his way to make his deadline, I fell peacefully asleep. ↗

— Leon Jouhaux

#composure #deadline #endowed #enough #fair

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#absolutely #him #how #man #measure