The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other. – H. G. Wells
At Natura, we have long been committed to measure and improve the impacts of our activities. – Guilherme Leal
In the mid-’60s in Berkeley, the theory of measure spaces of economic agents became one of my main interests. – Gerard Debreu
The flaw in the statute is that in all its applications, it operates on a fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate measure of fraud. – Harry A. Blackmun
Spending is not caring. Spending is what politicians do instead of caring. Spending more does not guarantee success. Politicians like to measure spending because it is easier than measuring actual metrics of accomplishment. – Grover Norquist
The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself; he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself. – Han Fei
Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting. – John Hodgman
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. – J. K. Rowling
Conservatives may worship Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand,’ but for Obama, the helping hand comes in large measure from the public, not the private sector. To call this ‘socialism’ is to do violence to the word and to the concept. To call it ‘un-American’ is a smear. – Jeff Greenfield
Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life. – Henri Frederic Amiel
I measure everything, because I always think that if I’ve spent so much time making sure this recipe was exactly the way I want it, why would I want to throw things into a pot? – Ina Garten
Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. – John Wooden
For most, the largest asset is their home. This becomes a sentimental issue, I know, but if you’re holding on to a home that you can no longer afford – or you need the liquidity – you need to think about solutions. One might be to bring in a tenant or roommate; a more drastic measure is to sell the home and downsize. – Jean Chatzky
Absolute space, in its own nature, without regard to anything external, remains always similar and immovable. Relative space is some movable dimension or measure of the absolute spaces, which our senses determine by its position to bodies, and which is vulgarly taken for immovable space. – Isaac Newton
Choosing writing as a career, just by itself, is a measure of not being a calculating person. – Justin Cronin
I’ve learned how to measure what I say. Al Sharpton in 1986 was trying to be heard. I was a local guy and was like, ‘Y’all are ignoring us.’ – Al Sharpton
The cacao content is a wrapper’s most important datum, and the acceptable benchmark is seventy per cent. The figure is a measure of ‘cocoa mass.’ – Bill Buford
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny. – Joseph Addison
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists. – Abbie Hoffman
What you need to do is get that tape measure out, and start measuring that gut. Then you start working out and you start eating properly till that gut gets down close to it was when you were in your 20’s. Then you’ll find out what your weight should be. – Jack LaLanne