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Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Measures, not men, have always been my mark. -- Oliver Goldsmith
Measures of self-precept must be tailored to the domain of psychological functioning being explored. -- Albert Bandura
Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation. -- Dora Russell
Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are mentally defective -- Bertrand Russell
Measures are an innovation that changed a world of innocent and noble simplicity into one forever filled with dishonesty. -- Josephus
There was no censorship of the press: in general, the War Measures Act could have been made even more radical. -- Robert Bourassa
Measures which serve to abridge the free competition of foreign Articles, have a tendency to occasion an enhancement of prices. -- Alexander Hamilton
Only one in command: that's the way in the home And the way in the state when it must find Measures best for mankind. -- Euripides
Away with the cant of 'Measures not men!'-the idle supposition that it is the harness and not the horses that draw the chariot along. -- George Canning
Measures should be enacted which, without violating the rights of property, would reduce extreme wealth towards a state of mediocrity, and raise extreme indigence towards a state of comfort. -- James Madison
Measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority. -- James Madison
I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice. -- George Mason
I did a film in which Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton both played the leads, 'Desperate Measures,' and interestingly enough it was their biggest payday. The film didn't do well, and it kind of marked their careers. They've done less since. It all changed. -- Brian Cox
As I detail in my new book: 'Hard Measures, How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives,' there are many myths surrounding the detention of a relatively small number of top terrorists at CIA-run 'black sites' from 2002 until they were sent to Guantanamo Bay in 2006. -- Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.
Desperate affairs require desperate measures. -- Horatio Nelson
Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures. -- Carlos Ghosn
A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth. -- Charles Darwin
If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song. -- Paul Tillich
In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be. -- Ben Jonson
There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress. -- Ramana Maharshi
I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer. -- William Henry Harrison
The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever. -- Georg Buchner
Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will submit. -- George III
President Obama instituted the most anti-growth, anti-investment, anti-jobs measures that we have seen in our lifetime. Now he called his agenda ambitious, I call it reckless. -- Mitt Romney
The less one knows, the more he thinks he knows, and the more willing he is to employ any and all measures to enforce his views upon others. -- Paul Harris
Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour. -- Gro Harlem Brundtland
Breast cancer is being detected at an earlier, more treatable stage these days, largely because women are taking more preventive measures, like self-exams and regular mammograms. And treatment is getting better too. -- Elizabeth Hurley
Whatsoever is done out of pure love, be it ever so little or contemptible in the sight of men, is wholly fruitful; for God measures more with how much love one worketh, than the amount he doeth. -- Ellen G. White
We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it: the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it. -- Pericles
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. -- Benjamin Franklin
Narcissism falls along the axis of what psychologists call personality disorders, one of a group that includes antisocial, dependent, histrionic, avoidant and borderline personalities. But by most measures, narcissism is one of the worst, if only because the narcissists themselves are so clueless. -- Jeffrey Kluger
The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them, are measures of the common good that serve to evaluate the relationship between justice and injustice, development and poverty, security and conflict. -- Pope Benedict XVI
The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm. -- Gelsey Kirkland
So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it. -- Haniel Long
I believe that you can, by taking some simple and inexpensive measures, lead a longer life and extend your years of well-being. My most important recommendation is that you take vitamins every day in optimum amounts to supplement the vitamins that you receive in your food. -- Linus Pauling
I support gun safety measures, and I'll tell you, I grew up in a family of gun owners and hunters, and I went hunting with my dad as a kid, and you know, I have deep respect for the Second Amendment and the culture of our country. -- Eric Swalwell
We have to remember we're in a global economy. The purpose of fiscal stimulus is not simply to sustain activity in our national economies, but to help the global economy as well, and that's why it's so critical that measures in those packages avoid anything that smacks of protectionism. -- Stephen Harper
When fear makes your choices for you, no security measures on earth will keep the things you dread from finding you. But if you can avoid avoidance - if you can choose to embrace experiences out of passion, enthusiasm, and a readiness to feel whatever arises - then nothing, nothing in all this dangerous world, can keep you from being safe. -- Martha Beck
Necessity urges desperate measures. -- Miguel de Cervantes
Subjectivity measures nothing consistently. -- Toba Beta
Desperate times breed desperate measures -- William Shakespeare
Halfway measures are not enough. -- Sarah Brady
Celestial criteria measures service, not status. -- Neal A. Maxwell
Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures. -- Veronica Roth
God measures out affliction to our need. -- Saint John Chrysostom
I am a stranger to half measures. -- Marita Golden
He that measures not himselfe, is measured. -- George Herbert
It is simply service that measures success. -- George Washington Carver
Effective security measures do not come cheap. -- Arlen Specter
All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures. -- Julius Caesar
The bell that measures time is ringing -- Margaret Atwood
Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
He measures our lives by how we love. -- Francis Chan
We are only intelligent by our own measures -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The author discusses valueless measures in pointless spaces. -- Paul Halmos
On birthdays I avoid taking hasty or impulsive measures. -- Fidel Castro
By all measures men are the more violent gender. -- Steven Pinker
Unhappiness is too common to call for special measures. -- Mason Cooley
The most important measures are both unknown and unknowable. -- W. Edwards Deming
Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures. -- Angela Merkel
Walking . . . is how the body measures itself against the earth. -- Rebecca Solnit
We cannot risk living all our lives under emergency measures. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
I have always supported measures and principles and not men. -- Davy Crockett
I think my game measures up pretty well to myself. -- Richard Sherman
I am not one for half measures or half-hearted efforts. -- Jay Inslee
I believe strongly that commonsense gun safety measures would assist us. -- Hillary Clinton
Of this stamp is the cant of, Not men, but measures. -- Edmund Burke
Like carnivores to carnal pleasures As are we to desperate measures -- Harvey Danger
At times unpopular measures are needed in order to change behaviour. -- Lucy Powell
I am convinced that through these measures we have reestablished confidence. -- Herbert Hoover
The Gross National Product measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile -- Robert Kennedy
Public behavior is nurtured in private; earthshaking measures come form careful steps. -- Zicheng Hong
A problem with global reasons cannot effectively be met with local measures. -- Carl Grip
I support affirmative action. I support special measures when you need it. -- Quentin Bryce
Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. -- William Sloane Coffin
I am calling for common sense gun safety measures to protect people. -- Hillary Clinton
I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest. -- Horatio Nelson
Gratification and happiness are becoming important measures of our quality of life. -- Charles Kennedy
One becomes wise only in measures, as he goes through his own insanity. -- Alejandro Jodorowsky
No country can solve climate change alone, we have to take global measures. -- Jose Mujica
First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures. -- George J. Mitchell
Help for first time buyers and other housing market measures will be welcome. -- Andy Sawford
In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. -- Livy
In many fields of the administration of interventionist measures, favoritism simply cannot be avoided. -- Ludwig von Mises
Halfway measures, such as loincloths or fig leaves, remain more titillating than complete nudity. -- Paul Ludwig Landsberg
What the investment community does like is short-term measures designed to boost share prices. -- James Surowiecki
The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth. -- Benjamin Whichcote
The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
When humanity measures wealth by love, truth and wisdom we will all be rich. -- Anthony D. Williams
As America becomes an older nation, it is also, by some measures, becoming sicker. -- Charles Duhigg
God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART -- Corrie Ten Boom
I am against preventive war because it means measures by the UN against us. -- Moshe Sharett
We shouldn't any of us be afraid of teaching protective measures to save lives. -- Kyan Douglas
For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature. -- William Sloane Coffin
When God measures a man he puts the tape around the heart, not the head. -- Howard G. Hendricks
We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that. -- Thomas Jefferson
u201Che G-minor Symphony consists of eight remarkable measures surrounded by a half-hour of banality. -- Glenn Gould
If we don't take the necessary measures, famine will be the scandal of this century, -- Bruno Le Maire
the giver measures his gift with one yardstick, and the receiver measures it with another. -- Laura Huxley
I believe that alternative healing methods are much more than just temporary or half measures. -- Andrew Saul
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster
If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches. -- Khalil Gibran
Time, though in Eternity, applied To motion, measures all things durable By present, past, and future. -- John Milton
The minister of the Gospel is really the yardstick by which the nation measures its morals. -- Jimmy Swaggart
The minister of the Gospel is really the yardstick by which the nation measures it's morals -- Jimmy Swaggart
You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together. -- Earl Nightingale
The only sensible person is my tailor. He measures me anew each time he sees me. -- George Bernard Shaw
God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love. -- Francis Chan
I think we need to prepare for the worst, and so I support energy efficiency measures. -- Todd Young
If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights. -- Ayaan Hirsi Ali
If we shall take the good we find, asking no questions, we shall have heaping measures. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
In buskined measures move Pale Grief and pleasing Pain, With Horror, tyrant of the throbbing breast. -- Thomas Gray
'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.' -- Benjamin Disraeli
The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope. -- Thomas Carlyle
There are no halfway measures against bigotry, hatred and anti-Semitism. It's got to be rejected totally. -- Abraham Foxman
Well being, serenity and service to others are the ultimate measures of true wealth, success and power -- Brendon Burchard
Setting clear goals and finding measures that will mark progress toward them can improve the human condition. -- Bill Gates

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