#measure

I think that's unjustified criticism. We have had a number of measures in place in this country for several years to mitigate the possibility of mad cow spreading in this country. We have found a single case. ↗

— Ann Veneman

#country #cow #criticism #found #had

Psychology helps to measure the probability that an aim is attainable. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#attainable #helps #measure #probability #psychology

Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes. ↗

— Todd Tiahrt

#better #children #come #consistently #divorced

All four elements were happening in equal measure - the cuisine, the wine, the service, and the overall ambience. It taught me that dining could happen at a spiritual level. ↗

— Charlie Trotter

#could #cuisine #dining #elements #equal

This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#democracy #dullness #failure #general #general welfare

The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#acknowledged #adequate #against #british #colonies

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#conviction #done #many #measures #must

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. ↗

— John Wooden

#accomplished #measure #should #you #your

How does one measure the success of a museum? ↗

— Paul Getty

#how #measure #museum #success

What I think is amazing is not that 85% of people who get married under the age of 25 get divorced, it's that 15% of them stay together. How did they manage to pull that off? You almost can't wait too long. It's the single simplest measure to predict divorce. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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