Degree

Degree may refer to:

Read more about Degree:  As A Unit of Measurement, In Mathematics, In Education, Other Measures, Other Uses

Famous quotes containing the word degree:

    “When I tried to talk to my father about the kind of work I might do after college, he said, “You know, Charlotte, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to that, and it seems to me that the world really needs good, competent secretaries. Your English degree will help you.” He said this with perfect seriousness. I was an A student at Bryn Mawr ...”
    —Charlotte Palmer (b. c. 1925)

    “Some crimes get honor and renown by being committed with more pomp, by a greater number, and in a higher degree of wickedness than others. Hence it is that public robberies, plunderings, and sackings have been looked upon as excellencies and noble achievements, and the seizing of whole countries, however unjustly and barbarously, is dignified with the glorious name of gaining conquests.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    “Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)