Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.
It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.
As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.
The early reviews of Dick Cheney's memoir have not evaluated the book, but instead have used its publication as an occasion for attacks on Cheney and his record, with general assaults on George W. Bush's administration thrown in for good measure.
Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society.
The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.
Skin is made in large measure of a protein called collagen.
I am an athlete first and foremost, and it is vital for my competitiveness, my well being, and for my preparations for events during the European summer that I measure my performance against other athletes.
I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
Indeed, the history of 20th century physics was in large measure about how to avoid the infinities that crop up in particle theory and cosmology. The idea of point particles is convenient but leads to profound, puzzling troubles.
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
The measure would set criminal penalties, the same as those that would apply if harm or death happened to the pregnant woman, for those who harm a fetus.
I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed.
The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.
We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
'Toughness' and 'credibility' are leitmotifs that run through both Trumpian and Kissingerian deal-making. Both men insist that war and diplomacy are inseparable and that, to be effective, diplomats need to be able to wield threats and offer incentives in equal, unrestricted measure.
The steady expansion of welfare programs can be taken as a measure of the steady disintegration of the Negro family structure over the past generation in the United States.