Sayings about Measurement
Measurement is the assignment of a number to a characteristic of an object or event, which can be compared with other objects or events. The scope and application of a measurement is dependent on the context and discipline. In the natural sciences and engineering, measurements do not apply to nominal properties of objects or events, which is consistent with the guidelines of the International vocabulary of metrology published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. However, in other fields such as statistics as well as the social and behavioral sciences, measurements can have multiple levels, which would include nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio scales.~ An excerpt from Wikipedia (External Link for more reading)
You can’t measure the whole world with your own yardstick. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
A three inch tongue — the iron bulwark of politics. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Your fingers can’t be of the same length. ~ Chinese Proverb
Deviate an inch, lose a thousand miles. ~ Chinese Proverb
The reputation of a man is like his shadow; it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size. ~ French Proverbs
If an ox doesn’t know the size of his arse he won’t eat an apricot stone. ~ Martiniquais Proverb
Measure your guilt, and then stretch your legs. ~ Arabian Proverbs
An inch too short is as bad as a yard. ~ Dutch Proverbs
Man cannot stir one inch without the push of heaven’s finger. ~ Chinese Proverb
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured. ~ Indian Proverbs
Measure three times before you cut once. ~ Traditional Proverb
Just scales and full measure injure no man. ~ Chinese Proverb
You can’t buy an inch of time with an inch of gold. ~ Chinese Proverb
A one-inch error at the start can be a thousand miles at the end. ~ Chinese Proverb
By the yard, life is hard. By the inch, it’s a cinch. ~ United States Proverbs
Stretch your foot to the length of your blanket. ~ Iranian Proverbs
The shadow should be the same length as the body. ~ Indonesian Proverbs
Though your enemy is the size of an ant, look upon him as an elephant. ~ Danish Proverbs
A threat does not lengthen your sword. ~ Kurdish Proverbs
If you receive a gift don’t measure it. ~ Kenyan Proverbs
Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard. ~ Traditional Proverb
Eating while seated makes one of large size; eating while standing makes one strong. ~ Hindu Proverb
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold. ~ Chinese Proverb
Measure your throat before you swallow a bone. ~ Chinese Proverb
Don’t measure a wolf’s tail until he is dead. ~ Croatian Proverbs
God gives to us according to the measure of our hearts. ~ Iranian Proverb
Eat with pleasure; drink with measure. ~ French Proverb
Eat according to the limits of your provisions; walk according to the length of your step. ~ Tibetan Proverbs
One measures the towers by their shadows and great people by those who envy them. ~ Chinese Proverb
Do not measure up the wood before the tree is cut down. ~ Malagasy Proverbs
Even a tower a hundred yards tall has still its foundations on the ground. ~ Chinese Proverb
Quotations about Measurement
Don’t pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches. ~ Andy Warhol
Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. ~ Henry Adams
I don’t like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide. ~ Larry David
The value of life is measured not by its devotion but by its donation. ~ Author Unknown
Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself. ~ Author Unknown
A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence. ~ N. R. Narayana Murthy
The size of a man is measured by the size of the thing that makes him angry. ~ Author Unknown
You can’t live on amusement. It is the froth on water – an inch deep and then the mud. ~ George MacDonald
When God measures man, He puts the tape around his heart — not his head. ~ Author Unknown
One measure of how creative you are is how you respond to changes in your circumstances. ~ Author Unknown
Success can never be measured by bank balances. Money measures only prosperity. Success is a matter of character. ~ Author Unknown
The true measure of a man is the height of his ideals, the breadth of his sympathy, the depth of his convictions, and the length of his patience. ~ Author Unknown
Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. ~ Larry Bird
On the issue of abortion, I’m ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side. ~ Victoria Moran
Give a critic an inch, he’ll write a play. ~ John Steinbeck
He is every other inch a gentleman. ~ Rebecca West
Giving until it hurts is not a true measure of charity. Some are more easily hurt than others. ~ Author Unknown
Baseball is a game of inches. ~ Branch Rickey
Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more. ~ Louis L’Amour
How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it. ~ Henry George
Ego gets you inches but it doesn’t get you impact. ~ Cameron Sinclair
Like everybody else, I’ve had relationships in which I was passionately in love but was completely miserable all the time and didn’t trust the person I was in love with one inch. ~ Salman Rushdie
Whatever measure you use to give large or small will be used to measure what is given back to you. ~ Bible
When you give the government an inch, they take a mile. ~ Matt Salmon
Democracy’s a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it’s no longer democracy, is it? It’s something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism. ~ Sam Shepard
The distance between success and failure can only be measured by one’s desire. ~ Author Unknown
A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I’m every inch a painter. ~ Paul Cezanne
Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown. ~ Ross Perot
Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery. ~ Bill Watterson
Give the enemy an inch, he’ll take a yard. ~ Monica Crowley
Success is measured by the willingness to keep trying. ~ Author Unknown
Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it’s a sign of security. ~ Mel Brooks
We are very apt to measure ourselves by our aspiration instead of our performance. But in truth the conduct of our lives is the only proof of the sincerity of our hearts. ~ Author Unknown
They that die by famine die by inches. ~ Matthew Henry
People test movies within an inch of their life so that the entire audience experience is a uniform one. ~ Peter Morgan