Measure

Famous quotes containing the word measure:

    One might imagine that a movement which is so preoccupied with the fulfillment of human potential would have a measure of respect for those who nourish its source. But politics make strange bedfellows, and liberated women have elected to become part of a long tradition of hostility to mothers.
    Elaine Heffner (20th century)

    Rejoice, and men will seek you;
    Grieve, and they turn and go.
    They want full measure of all your pleasure,
    But they do not need your woe
    Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919)

    God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
    John Lennon (1940–1980)