#measure

Be the measure great or small, let it be honest in every part. ↗

— John Bright

#great #honest #measure #part #small

In the middle of a recession no tax increase is justified because it kills jobs, and any tax increase is a job-killing measure and should be defeated. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#because #defeated #increase #job-killing #jobs

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#bound #degree #easily #enjoyments #every

The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think. ↗

— Malcolm De Chazal

#laugh #make #man #measure #more

Clemency is also a revolutionary measure. ↗

— Camille Desmoulins

#clemency #measure #revolutionary

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it? ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#afloat #beyond #himself #his #horizon

Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#classroom #feedback #growth #measures #multiple

We measure our days out in steps of uncertainty not turning to see how far we've come. And peer down the highway from here to eternity and reach out for love on the run. ↗

— Al Stewart

#days #down #eternity #far #here

To measure the man, measure his heart. ↗

— Malcolm Forbes

#his #man #measure

Without sound conservation and management measures, fisheries will quickly become depleted and a basic component of global food security will be lost. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#become #component #conservation #depleted #fisheries