#measure

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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And I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#i #many #measured #shows #success

There is zero debate about whether the world is getting warmer. That is a fact, a measured fact. There is some debate, although not much anymore, about what's causing the world to get warmer. And the consensus, by far is that it's us. ↗

— Peter Barnes

#although #anymore #causing #consensus #debate

Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

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A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth. ↗

— Charles Darwin

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It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

#greatest #greatest number #measure #number #people

The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure. ↗

— William Blake

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Biology is now bigger than physics, as measured by the size of budgets, by the size of the workforce, or by the output of major discoveries; and biology is likely to remain the biggest part of science through the twenty-first century. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#biggest #biology #budgets #century #discoveries

The Great Idea in advertising is far more than the sum of the recognition scores, the ratings and all the other superficial indicators of its success; it is in the realm of myth, to which measurements cannot apply. ↗

— Leo Bogart

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All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others. ↗

— John Engler

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