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mean secret purpose
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation. Charles Caleb Colton
mean men light
Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling creature; standing on time, that bleak and narrow isthmus between two eternities, he sees nothing but impenetrable darkness on the one hand, and doubt, distrust, and conjecture, still more perplexing, on the other. Most gladly would he take an observation, as to whence he has come, or whither he is going; alas, he has not the means: his telescope is too dim, his compass too wavering, his plummet too short.
mean gossip secret
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
mean advice asks
We ask advice but we mean approbation.
mean propriety disciple
Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.
mean atheism knaves
He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
mean men dresses
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat; and worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them,--for every one, sees how we dress, but none see how we live, except we choose to let them. But the truly great are, by universal suffrage, exempted from these trammels, an may live or dress as they please.
mean love-is effort
Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. Charles Dickens
mean land consideration
The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence. Charles Sturt
measurement bars standards
Once in a rare while, somebody comes along who doesn't just raise the bar, they create an entirely new standard of measurement. Dick Costolo
measurement experts opinion
One measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions. Donald Sutherland
measurement language moments
Poetry was syllable and rhythm. Poetry was the measurement of breath. Poetry was time make audible. Poetry evoked the present moment; poetry was the antidote to history. Poetry was language free from habit. Damon Galgut
measurement measure-for-measure can-not
If you can not measure it, you can not improve it. Lord Kelvin
measurement experts opinion
One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions. Grace Hopper
measurement records phonograph
They just elected me Mis Phonograph Record of 1966. They discovered my measurements were 33 1/2, 45, 78! Phyllis Diller
measurement property
The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured. Niels Bohr
measurement measure-for-measure cant-change
If you can't measure it, you can't change it. Peter Drucker
measurement legs surprise
I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them? Penelope Wilton
observation
But I make the observation that no one of us would do things exactly alike. David Dinkins
observation truism commonplace
Every commonplace or trite observation is not a truism. Charles Lamb
observation disagree disagreeable
Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: "One can disagree without being disagreeable." Barry Goldwater
observation teach shows
In the philosophic sense, observation shows and experiment teaches. Claude Bernard
observation passive active
Obervation is a passive science, experimentation is an active science.
observation evidence believable
Extraordinary observations require extraordinary evidence to make them believable. Carl Sagan
observation draws observers
In one word, to draw the rule from experience, one must generalize; this is a necessity that imposes itself on the most circumspect observer. Henri Poincare
observation acquire
Those who cannot themselves observe can at least acquire the observation of others. Benjamin Disraeli
observation finished ifs
If a writer stops observing, he is finished. Ernest Hemingway