I Quotes
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“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
Source: Terry Pratchett's Discworld Coloring Book
“I measure every grief I meet with narrow, probing eyes - I wonder if it weighs like mine - or has an easier size.”
Source: Dickinson
“I measure everything, because I always think that if I've spent so much time making sure this recipe was exactly the way I want it, why would I want to throw things into a pot?”
“I measure in my palm and use my eyes to estimate amounts; a tablespoon is a full palm of dried spices.”
“I measure men by the content of their character, not the color of their skin, and I find all of them are assholes.”
Source: Flight
“I measure my leadership not by the answers I give, but by the questions I refuse to stop asking.”
“I measure my life in pages. If I have pages at dawn, it's been a good night.”
Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom
“I measure my life in sentences pressed out, line by line, like the lustrous ooze on the underside of the snail, the snail's secret open seam, its wound, leaking attar.”
Source: The Messiah of Stockholm: a novel
“I measure my life out in books." "You should be measuring your life by living. Correction: you shouldn't be measuring your life. What's the point?”
Source: The Emperor's Children: Picador Classic
“I measure my success by how happy I am, not how big the business is or how much money I've made.”
Source: Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion
“I measure myself Against a tall tree I find that I am much taller, For I reach right up to the sun With my eye; And I reach to the shore of the sea With my ear. Nevertheless, I dislike The way the ants crawl In and out of my shadow.”
Source: Opus Posthumous: Poems, Plays, Prose
“I measure success by how many people love me. And the best way to be loved is to be lo veable.”
“I measure success in terms of the connection with the audience, which we've been able to do in spades. I mean, it's very hard to do that. You think about it, you go back in time, you can say, "Well, there's, like, 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Rolling Stone' or MTV." I think 'Vice' is in that category now.”
“I measure the amount of shows I should do by my hair. If my hair isn't good for campaigns and editorials, then obviously I am not going to look good.”
“I measure the moment in the heartbeats I skip”
Source: The Realm of Possibility
“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.”
“I measure the success of my work by the way I feel about a film before anyone else has seen it. I think I can trust myself to know when the work is good and deep and interesting and when it isn't.”
“I measure what's going on, and I adapt to it. I try to get my ego out of the way. The market is smarter than I am so I bend.”
“I measure Your love for me by the magnitude of the wrath I deserved, and the wonder of Your mercy by putting Christ in my place.”
“I measured love by the extent of my jealousy.”
Source: The End of the Affair
“I measured the skies, now the shadows I measure, Sky-bound was the mind, earth-bound the body rests. [Kepler's epitaph]”
“I meddled in things that man must leave alone”
“I mediate on God’s word, therefore, I have hope.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“I meditate
So that I can inundate
My entire being
With the omnipotent
Power of peace.”
Source: The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace
“I meditate all the time. You know, I don't sleep much - it's a known fact that sleep is required more for the brain than the body because the brain needs sleep to dream. But I dream all the time. I dream when I'm awake, when I create work, with my eyes open. So who needs sleep?”
“I meditate and do yoga. I sit cross-legged and try not to levitate too much.”
“I meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just the idea of meditating. It gives me something.”
“I meditate and I'm passionate about it.”
“I meditate and pray all the time. The faith and respect that I have in the power of God in my life is what I've used to keep myself grounded, and it has allowed me to move away from the storms that were in my life.”
“I meditate and put on a rubber tire with three bottles of beer. Most of the time I just sit picking my nose and thinking.”
“I meditate and try to walk outside daily. I prefer to now spend my time with people that I know truly care about me and are there for me at the end of the day - through the ups and downs - because that is what life is about.”
“I meditate at airports because those are the places where I’m extremely tense, and I often meditate while I’m walking down the street. I have a thought and become aware of that thought and thereby create another level of awareness.”
“I meditate because evolution gave me a big brain, but it didn't come with an instruction manual. I meditate because life is too short and sitting slows it down. I meditate because life is too long and I need an occasional breakI meditate because it's such a relief to spend time ignoring myselfI meditate because I'm building myself a bigger and better perspective, and occasionally I need to add a new window.”
“I meditate but not regularly. I wish I did more meditation. It's always my New Year's resolution to do more.”
“I meditate each day. Going within alleviates tension and stress, and allows me to hear what the Universe wants me to know.”
“I meditate every day for between ten to twenty minutes. Every morning, I work out and go to the gym for an hour. I pray to the architect that designed me. I'm grateful.”
“I meditate for the last time on this mountain that is bare, though others all around are white with snow. Like the bare peak of the koan, this one is not different from myself. I know this mountain because I am this mountain, I can feel it breathing at this moment, as its grass tops stray against the snows. If the snow leopard should leap from the rock above and manifest itself before me - S-A-A-O! - then in that moment of pure fright, out of my wits, I might truly perceive it, and be free.”
Source: Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982
“I meditate not to escape the world but instead to be completely present.”
“I meditate on a regular basis and reap benefits from this practice”
Source: I Can Do It: How to Use Affirmations to Change Your Life
“I meditate on God's life and I read the scriptures. I read something about Him, go through it and spend a lot of time by myself.”
“I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful.”
“I meditate twice a day. I chant. I lean more towards Buddhist practices.”
“I meditate twice a day. I meditate two hours every day. I spend at least an hour working out. So that's three hours every day of something mind/body discipline. Other than that: nothing.”
“I meditate whenever I can. I can be in the back seat of a car or in between appointments.”
“I meditate with my mala beads and ask myself hard questions: "Can I accept responsability for the things that happened, the things I created? Can I accept responsability for the hurt I've caused? That's why people get divorced--because they can't deal with the sad feelings they created. And until you can get right and accept the fact that you've shattered somebody, that you've broken their heart in more ways than one, there's no way that you've ever going to be able to survive.”
Source: Forward: A Memoir
“I meditate, and when I do, Prince Harry appears in my subconscious and meditates with me. It's a little strange but I don't think there's anything I can do about it. Sometimes he's not the only one; the other day it was me, Prince Harry, the Dalai Lama, Mr. Rogers, Coco the gorilla, and George Clooney. We were all floating above the earth looking down at the continents as they passed. George Clooney suggested I visit Providence, Rhode Island. The Dalai Lama sighed deeply and said he'd like to visit Tibet. Poor Dalai Lama.”
“I meditate, I do yoga and I have a lot of friends who are healers.....And if none of that works, I go by a chocolate bar and a bottle of cognac.”
“I meditate, which I really like. Just 20 minutes twice a day and that really helps.”
“I meditate. Daily practice is essential to my life.”
“I meditate. I do transcendental meditation and I have been doing that for a long time and that does just clear the mind. I am not religious at all.”