Famous quotes containing the word degree:
“Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.”
—René Daumal (19081944)
“In considering the ledger equal, understand the greatest gift you have given your parents is the opportunity to raise you. The things a child gets from parents cant compare to the things a parent gets from raising a child. Only by experiencing this can you understand the degree to which children give meaning to parents lives.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)
“There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul.”
—Simone Weil (19091943)
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