All of us. . . should remember that no amount of flag-waving, pledging allegiance, or fervent singing of the national anthem is evidence that we are patriotic in the real sense of the word. . . . Outward behavior, while important, is not the real measure of a man's patriotism.
You measure a person by what it takes to discourage them.
History is still in large measure poetry to me.
A society committed to the search for truth must give protection to, and set a high value upon, the independent and original mind, however angular, however rasping, however socially unpleasant it may be; for it is upon such minds, in large measure, that the effective search for truth depends.
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.
Utility then is not the measure of exchangeable value, although it is absolutely essential to it.
Only poetry can measure the distance between ourselves and the Other.
The applause of all but very good men is no more than the precise measure of their possible hostility.
Wins are the most important measure for goalies, I think. Certainly it's a great accomplishment.
We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
Men have looked away from themselves and at things so long that they have come to esteem the religious, learned and civil institutions as guards of property, and they deprecate assaults on these, because they feel them to be assaults on property. They measure their esteem of each other by what each has, and not by what each is.
What we are assigned to bear is in a sense a measure of our stature.
We must know the measure of a man's desires before we can sound the depth of his regrets.
A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.
The measure of a decent human being is how he or she treats the defenseless.
The way people behave towards each other is a measure of their value as human beings.
Never measure your life by possessions. Measure it by the hearts you've touched, the smiles you created & the love you shared.
For me a house or an apartment becomes a home when you add one set of four legs, a happy tail, and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog.
