Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dick Costolo

Once in a rare while, somebody comes along who doesn't just raise the bar, they create an entirely new standard of measurement.

William Shakespeare

The sense of death is most in apprehension.

Moshe Sharett

I am against preventive war because it means measures by the UN against us.

David Morgan

We have satisfied ourselves that appropriate safety and security measures will be in place.

Blaise Pascal

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing

You are measured by whether you take personal accountability, or not.

In many ways, we are in uncharted territory in predicting his recovery. The long-term outlook will be measured in weeks and months and not days.

They are going to reduce privacy if these various measures go through,

Lance Berkman

There's not another starting rotation that measures up to ours. And then you get to the back part of the game, with (Brad) Lidge. That's who we are. We don't outslug teams; we outpitch them.

Juliana Hatfield

What does it mean to a person whose identity is very wrapped up in the music she makes, if her worth is measured by how many records she sells?

Jo Bonner

In the time since passage of the act, there have been many successes as a result of the measures put into place by the PATRIOT Act.

William Saroyan

If you can measure it, don't. If you can weigh it, it isn't worth the bother. It isn't what you're after. It isn't going to get it.

Bob Sweeney

I just think success has to be measured by a lot more than test scores.

Clearly, Russia doesn't measure up. Russia doesn't meet the membership criteria.

Mike Babcock

Can you replace anybody? Yes. Can you replace him with the same person? No. His contribution to our team is not just measured in what you see, no question about that.

Viviane Reding

But if self-regulation does not work then we will have to take some measures ... We will have a look at this after six months,

And trust me when I use that name, I measure my words.

We are very happy. But unfortunately people measure you by what you do in the tournament.

We didn't measure very well. They do a lot of things well. They don't make many mistakes. They were able to score on their power play and we weren't.

What is measured improves, and what isn't measured doesn't improve. It's an incentive. Providers don't want to be at 85 percent when their neighbors are higher.

Michael Hawley

Turns out that no one has measured the wind speed at the summit,

You can measure height. But you can't measure heart.

Bill Snyder

Well, how do you want me to measure it, ... On a scale of one to 10, we were a zero.

We all go around in circles: Isn't there a better way to measure this?

Hosni Mubarak

We will take much tougher measures in the area,

We feel there will be premium of some measure in an IPO, particularly if oil prices are rebounding,

The S.O.S. measure was completely validated, and they did that even after they had these questions.

Vince Cable

It's a tax-cutting measure and we should have made that clearer.

Pope VI

everyone else was a surprise, at least as measured by public speculation prior to the conclave.

Richard Blumenthal

The modified measures should deflate Microsoft's overblown rhetoric and apocalyptic predictions about the proposed remedies,

Even if you plan to sit down at the television and snack, measure out your portion before you sit down so you know how much you're eating.

Ehud Olmert

It is time for the Palestinians to take measures to stop terror,

Some people measure me at 6-3 and change, ... So I just round it up to 6-4.