In Tasmania, an island the size of Ireland whose primeval forests astonished 19th-century Europeans, an incomprehensible ecological tragedy is being played out. – Richard Flanagan
The more ships have grown in size and consequence, the more their place in our imagination has shrunk. – Rose George
One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important. – Robert Zoellick
The magnetic cleavage of the spectral lines is dependent on the size of the charge of the electron, or, more accurately, on the ratio between the mass and the charge of the electron. – Pieter Zeeman
ISIS controls a territory roughly the size of Maryland where 8 million people live. If it’s attacked and toppled, who will fill the void? – Richard Engel
When I was 18, I was halfway up the Eiffel Tower with my friend, Tom, when we decided to stick our heads through the railings. The gap between the railings was exactly the right size to be able to put your head through and nearly get stuck. Which is exactly what happened. – Robert Webb
Success is not a function of the size of your title but the richness of your contribution. – Robin S. Sharma
You can be whatever size you are, and you can be beautiful both inside and out. We’re always told what’s beautiful and what’s not, and that’s not right. – Serena Williams
When I was 41, I found a lump the size of a grape in my right breast. I ended up bald, sick and exhausted from surgeries, chemo and radiation treatments. Ah, but I got to live. – Regina Brett
The size of the resource prize has to be large to support the risked capital that has to be put in place. The Arctic is one of the few places left where we believe those opportunities exist. – Rex Tillerson
I’m one of those guys who would like to weigh about 115 pounds for a couple of hours in the afternoon and then go back to my own size about 5 o’clock. – Richie Allen
Changes like the telephone and telegraphy, which tend to reduce the cost of organizing spatially, will tend to increase the size of the firm. – Ronald Coase
Friends are readily disappointed by the size of my closet. And I thought it was big! – Sarah Jessica Parker
Every role I’ve ever taken has never had anything do to with size. It’s never been something I’ve wanted to be cheap about. Luckily, my agents and managers have always supported that. – Sarah Baker
I’ve never heard of a size 0 or a negative human. That’s hard. A lot of girls aren’t naturally built that way. – Serinda Swan
Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department. – Toni Collette
So many women buy these boxy, shapeless jackets. I always tell them to buy a jacket one size too small to get the right fit. – Trinny Woodall
Whoever’s designing for plus-size doesn’t get it. The entire garment needs to be reconceived. You can’t just take a size 8 and make it larger. – Tim Gunn
I predict that many teams will go out of business and the size of the leagues will be greatly reduced. – Will McDonough
Our policies for increasing agricultural production and productivity have been scale neutral; that is, our policies are equally effective irrespective of the size of the holdings. – Sharad Pawar
My weight fluctuates. I have years where I wear a size 10, and years where I wear a size 4. – Tracee Ellis Ross
I’m going to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number of ministers, reduce the size of the House of Commons, campaign for a European Parliament with 100 fewer members, halve the number of political advisers, and abolish a huge swathe of Labour’s regional bureaucracies and agencies and their offices in Brussels. – William Hague
I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I’ll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties. – Warwick Davis