“ The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ You need, as a historian, essential triangulation from your subject and the only way you get that triangulation is through time. ”
- Ken Burns- Copy
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“ Metric is definitely communist. One monetary system, one language, one weight and measurement system, one world - all communist! We know the West was won by the inch, foot, yard, and mile. ”
- Dean Krakel- Copy
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“ Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement the 2004 election was an overwhelming win. ”
- Lincoln Chafee- Copy
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“ One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions. ”
- Admiral Grace Hopper- Copy
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“ Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared. ”
- Erica Jong- Copy
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“ Love is the total absence of fear. Love asks no questions. Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, not comparison and measurement. ”
- Gerald G. Jampolsky- Copy
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“ I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine. ”
- John Muir- Copy
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“ A hundred objective measurements didn't sum the worth of a garden; only the delight of its users did that. Only the use made it mean something. ”
- Lois McMaster Bujold- Copy
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“ There are two possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. ”
- Enrico Fermi- Copy
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“ A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most… ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ In a few years, all great physical constants will have been approximately estimated, and that the only occupation which will be left to men of science will be to carry these measurements to another place of decimals. ”
- James C. Maxwell- Copy
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“ So, I had a moviola installed in my office, my studio. And I made my own measurements. They gave me the reels as they came along. They were all higgeldy piggeldy, all over the place. I'd have reel 4 one week, and reel 7 the next, and then reel 6 and so on… ”
- George Martin- Copy
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“ It's convenient in a way, because you don't have to answer many questions: People say, 'Man, how are you feeling?' And I say, 'How do I look?' And they go, 'Oh, okay.' I've got the coffin maker calling every now and then about measurements, wanting to give me a proper fit. ”
- Danny Elfman- Copy
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“ I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent of the measurements. That is an electron has spin, location and so forth even when it is not being measured. I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
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“ As Frau Hoffmann so affectionately and tactlessly informed me, he has now found a replacement for me. She is called Valkyrie, and that's what she looks like, including her legs. He likes measurements of this kind, but if she is really like that, he will soon make her thin with vexation unless, like Charly, the more worries she has, the fatter she gets… ”
- Eva Braun- Copy
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“ Before I put a sketch on paper, the whole idea is worked out mentally. In my mind I change the construction, make improvements, and even operate the device. Without ever having drawn a sketch I can give the measurements of all parts to workmen, and when completed all these parts will fit, just as certainly as though I had made the actual drawings… ”
- Nikola Tesla- Copy
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