#measure

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

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The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

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Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself. ↗

— Robert Collier

#any #belief #chances #measured #success

I did a film in which Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton both played the leads, 'Desperate Measures,' and interestingly enough it was their biggest payday. The film didn't do well, and it kind of marked their careers. They've done less since. It all changed. ↗

— Brian Cox

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The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year. ↗

— John Foster Dulles

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It's like this: The time between having an idea and its public launch is measured in days not months, weeks not years. ↗

— Tim Bray

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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

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us. ↗

— Steven Tyler

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Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

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