Tape Measure Passed

Famous quotes containing the words tape, measure and/or passed:

“We shall see but little way if we require to understand what we see. How few things can a man measure with the tape of his understanding! How many greater things might he be seeing in the meanwhile!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.”
—Willa Cather (1873–1947)

“The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)