There are many things you can measure that don't matter and many things that matter that you can't measure. You can't measure quality of life simply through the economic lens. There is no one measure that tells the whole story. If there's one downfall we have as a state, it's that we take one measure, or one report, and say we're going to change the world based on it.
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Anvile. GEORGE HERBERT With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you ap... ART SPIEGELMAN You get one pass at life. That’s all. Only one. And the lasting measure of that life is Jesus Chri... JOHN PIPER One is necessary, one is a piece of fate, one belongs to the whole, one is the whole – there exist... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Don't measure your life by how many breaths you take, measure it by how many times you get your brea... UNKNOWN You can measure the tallest person or you can measure the highest building, but you can't measure lo... PHILIP T. M. You can measure the tallest person or you can measure the highest building, but you can't measure lo... PHILIP T. M. Failure is easy to measure. Failure is an event.Harder to measure is insignificance. A nonevent. Ins... CHARLES YU Morality—like velocity—is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around y... DAVID GERROLD The one measure of true love is: you can insult the other SLAVOJ ŽIžEK If you are going to measure the love you have and the good deeds you do with a rod, now you are tryi... PHILIP T. M. I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you can... DONALD NORMAN The beauty of an art project is that you cannot always measure the impact, but one day it can become... JR The only preventative measure one can take is to live irregularly. ADOLF HITLER If you are going to measure the love you have and the good deeds you do with your walking rod, now y... PHILIP T. M. Well, how do you want me to measure it, ... On a scale of one to 10, we were a zero. BILL SNYDER Just by looking at the data and studying it and realizing that there are certain characteristics and... DAVE WINKER Well we can try to measure democracy, just as you measure temperature with a thermometer, or pressur... HUGO CHAVEZ It was shaved back and reduced as a safety measure, but it retained its natural look. The Palisades ... CHARLES INGOGLIA The forecasting comparisons for soybeans were somewhat sensitive to the measure of forecast accuracy... DARREL GOOD The forecasting comparisons for soybeans were somewhat sensitive to the measure of forecast accuracy... DARREL GOOD To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that... GERALD VANN Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter. NADINE GORDIMER Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter NADINE GORDIMER Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing peace is the measure. GEORGE MELTON Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing peace is the measure. GEORGE MELTON Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing - peace is the measure. GEORGE MELTON Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing - peace is the measure GEORGE MELTON Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to ... WILLA CATHER Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took Found ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If they didn't get one red cent, if these defendants would say, 'We were wrong, we are sorry,' that ... LARRY KELLER This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever hav... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Eve... CARL GUSTAV JUNG It is we who are the measure of what is strange and miraculous: if we sought a universal measure the... GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Good. There are many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. ... CARL GUSTAV JUNG The things of substance are the things that we need to focus on, but they are the things that seem t... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Money can be taken away from you, by the IRS or by pistol. That's why I always measure riches in... JUAN GABRIEL You need to know how to measure ROI, the number of visitors and the number of impressions. No matter... LAWRENCE DVORCHIK There is measure in all things. HORACE One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you. DENNIS A. PEER You need to manage carefully what you measure while carefully understanding that you can’t measure... DAN WALDSCHMIDT If Lincoln County thought there was some reason to file, that would be fine. BRUCE MEASURE The state thinks the focus should be on habitat and stay away from spill. BRUCE MEASURE I have the funds, I have the attorney hired and I have the go-ahead to file. We're waiting to see wh... BRUCE MEASURE If you haven't learned by now that you cant trust everybody, i think its safe to say that you are th... BRIELL ADAMS The weariest and most loathed worldly life That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on natur... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and me... RALPH ADAMS CRAM In the tail above the giant resonance, you can get not just one neutron emitted but two, three, four... JOHN HENRY CARVER There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with o... LEIGH HUNT Mani nogurdina lielās lietas un norises. Es meklēju lielās norises mazajās. IMANTS ZIEDONIS I think a lot of times, the things you can't measure are often the things that give people the most ... AARON RODGERS We live in a material world, not a dramatic one. And truth resides not in melodrama, but in the prec... RICHARD FLANAGAN Physical size can not measure the ferocity and compassion of the heart, spirit and soul. Truly in th... WILLIAM G. BENTRIM Your perspective about things; that lies in the eye of the beholder! If you can find the beauty in f... HEATHER MONTANO No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it. OLIVER GOLDSMITH No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it. OLIVER GOLDSMITH Researchers have been looking for biomarkers of age for a long time and have failed. People sell tes... S. JAY OLSHANSKY If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty ... CARL SCHURZ There is no technique, there is just the way to do it. Now, are we going to measure or are we g... FRANCES MAYES The only thing you can justifiably claim that life owes you is an equal measure of what you have giv... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH You are the ruler of my heart. There is no measure greater than this. TRUTH DEVOUR You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the m... YOKO ONO We have done what we can to alert people to the fact that one measure is on the back of the ballot. ... KATHRYN REITH What is the measure of the fact that one has realized One's own state as the Self (nijswaroop)? It i... DADA BHAGWAN Monotheism and an absolute God define one another. The absolute is a mental construct, an... HAROUTIOUN BOCHNAKIAN You don't divorce simply because your spouse has a number of qualities you dislike and on occasi... HOWARD JACOBSON The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and wha... RAMSEY CLARK To measure your time management you must access yourself by how many products you were able to produ... SUNDAY ADELAJA One of the goals of our research on software quality and security is to define a baseline so that pe... BEN CHELF Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford a... JIMMY CARTER All our lives we measure ourselves based on our height, but during a crisis we should measure oursel... CELSO CUKIERKORN One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the numbe... CLIFTON FADIMAN The true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure. STEPHEN RICHARDS One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its ani... MAHATMA GANDHI For without a measure of arrogance, how can one attempt the impossible? RENEE AHDIEH No roads can measure nor distort the willingness and desire to be with their loved one. FRANCESCO NICHOLAS CECE Software is not static -- it is constantly changing. You can't just measure the executable; you need... HERBERT THOMPSON It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human abil... GALILEO GALILEI If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a footrule can measure a pyramid, there would be fin... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's tr... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. There was no right to same-sex marriage before Measure 36, and there is no right to same-sex marriag... CHARLES FLETCHER One measure of a civilization, either of an age or of a single individual, is what that age or perso... EZRA POUND Between the natural way and the path of grace there is a deep abyss. It is in that gap that we live ... HAIM SHAPIRA Why try to have pigs fly When ducks already can _ Why try to have pigs fly When ducks already can ELLA C. Jesus asks me to loosen my grip on the things that matter to me. It’s only then He can fill my han... ANUSHA ATUKORALA It's one of the three that prepares us for district. They're one of the best teams in the state of O... MARK WALKER You have to study the people and the ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect. WALTER LORD Many of the businesses, large and small, that were operating in New Orleans on Aug. 28 are not going... TIM RYAN I thought that loving someone acted as a kind of protective measure, like they'd understand the scal... EMMA CLINE By opposing Measure A, we are maintaining the integrity of the Napa Valley Ag Preserve. Any measure ... HUGH DAVIES We expect our movie stars to do extraordinary things, because they're iconic. But to capture the mea... PAUL GREENGRASS One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve ... NAPOLEON HILL One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a... ETTY HILSUM One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a... NAPOLEON HILL Without pleasure there is no sight or measure. DEJAN STOJANOVIC You can measure the energy as a function of radius. CARL GRILLMAIR
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HUGH LAURIE He was a very gentle soul and, I think, a very good doctor. And I'm probably being paid more to beco... HUGH LAURIE I am terribly conscious of the fact that the world doesn't need any more actors. There are so many b... HUGH LAURIE Plainly, if your life is hanging in the balance, the most important thing to you at that moment is g... HUGH LAURIE I have no problem with Matthew taking that deal, from the figures that I understand the ballpark to ... LAURIE FISHER If you're skating on thin ice, you might as well dance! LAURIE STRONGIN The constitutional presumption is for openness in the courts, but we have to ask whether we are real... LAURIE LEVENSON He draws defenders. He's got to learn to dish it off more, but with that pace he's a bit of firepowe... LAURIE CALLOWAY It's more than a slap in the face. It's shoving you in the mud and spitting on you. It's not just a ... BILL LAURIE I'm rather enjoying the whole process of reinvention, ... To be able to pretend to be something that... HUGH LAURIE "Cutting bangs are like thong underwear....an "adjustment" period of about two weeks is required bef... LAURIE OSBURN I'm reasonably easygoing. Messing up my lines or making a fool of myself is where you find my fe... HUGH LAURIE We don't want this issue hanging over our heads. LAURIE ARRON There's a real risk that this motion could succeed ... and we need to deal with it. LAURIE ARRON Basically, it's too close to call. I had a lot of surprises last night. LAURIE ARRON Ultimately, it's clear that it won't work to try and take away equal marriage. LAURIE ARRON Researchers will look at the OS level, as well as at mobile Web-browsing applications, in an effort ... LAURIE ARMSTRONG There's a lot going on. People are taking children into consideration and promoting families more. LAURIE ARMSTRONG He started doing walking tours that were hysterical and offered a lot of fascinating history. Now hi... LAURIE ARMSTRONG One of the things the hospitality industry offers is employment on every level. Whether someone just... LAURIE ARMSTRONG This center is dedicated to long-term research, looking at future innovations and concepts that will... LAURIE ARMSTRONG Songs and Stories from Moby Dick, LAURIE ANDERSON When you think of the Caribbean today, you think of clear blue warm water, ... Probably about 12 mil... LAURIE ANDERSON The promoter called and said, 'What should we do?' People were calling to say they were sure it was ... LAURIE ANDERSON My son already knows how to program my phone. I think technology is good. ... They are learning the ... LAURIE ANDERSON The world is a strange and wonderful place. LAURIE ANDERSON When I was a teenager, I dreamed abbout escaping. I was lucky. I succeeded. LAURIE ANDERSON I see that it has huge benefits for us understanding how and why diversity changes over time and how... LAURIE ANDERSON When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when ... LAURIE ANDERSON It's the presence of endorphins in the system that suppresses the cravings. LAURIE PETERSON He's such a good salesman that they didn't have a clue about what he was doing. I don't think prosec... LAURIE LEVENSON I'm just going to draw out three at random, and everyone else can just lump it. HUGH LAURIE Everyone else can just lump it. HUGH LAURIE All fruits do not ripen in one season. LAURIE JUNOT