“People actually occupy around 3 per cent of the earth's land surface. If 1,200 square feet was given to every person in the world, they would still all fit into an area the size of Texas - whether the Texans would object is an altogether different issue!” PeopleIfsWorldPersonsStillsDifferentEarthGivenIssuesFeetLandObjectsFitAreasSizeSurfaceTexasSquaresCentsTexan Author:Michael Coren
“If Pizza sizes were given in area not diameter, you'd see instantly that a 7 inch is less than half the size of a 10 inch pie” IfsGivenHalfAreasSizeInchesPiePizza Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Each summer, for example, nitrogen and phosphate washing from farmlands in the Mississippi Valley enter the Gulf of Mexico, creating a massive algal bloom covering some 16,000 square kilometers. As the blooms die off, this area-roughly the size of New Jersey-is so deprived of oxygen that no fish survive.” DiesExampleSummerCreatingAreasEnvironmentalSizeFishesMassiveValleysSquaresMexicoPollutionOxygenDeprivedJerseyCoveringWashingMississippiNew JerseyNitrogenGulf Of MexicoFarmland Book:Vital Signs 1999-2000: The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future Source: Vital Signs 1999-2000: The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
“It's not an area where designers want to focus or pay attention - women who are larger than a size 12.” WantPayAttentionFocusAreasSizePay AttentionDesigner Author:Tim Gunn
“As far as population size goes, big is no longer important, and it can even be a drawback. In fact, the future belongs more to second-tier cities. Any place can become a world-class center today by finding an area in which it outperforms others, by thinking for the long term, by expanding its competitive abilities and by operating globally.” ThinkingWorldLongImportantFactsBigsTodayTermAbilityCitiesClassFindingsAreasSizePopulationLong TermExpandingWorld ClassDrawbacks Author:Charles Landry
“There are 60 million of us [britains] crammed into an area the size of a state. So you don't have that feeling of remoteness at all, ever. And that's reflected in the way our media works, and so on.” WayStatesFeelingsMillionsMediaAreasSizeBritainRemoteness Author:John Gimlette
“When in one area of the world the standard of living and the size of the middle class increases, it is going to have an effect elsewhere in the world as well.” WorldWellsClassMiddleEffectsStandardsAreasIncreaseSizeMiddle ClassElsewhereStandards Of Living Author:Christine Lagarde
“For instance with regard to tourism, that we should be able to target people who are interested in investing in the tourism sector and explain that this is the size of the market, these are the incentives in this particular area, this is the capacity, this is what is needed.” PeopleShouldAbleParticularNeededAreasCapacityRegardInvestingSizeInstanceTargetIncentivesTourism Author:Thabo Mbeki
“I think, when men tell women to lose weight, it's a diversion from their own lack of size in certain areas.” ThinkingMenCertainLosesAreasWeightSizeLose WeightDiversion Author:Candace Bushnell
“In the eyes of mercy, no one should have hateful thoughts. Feel pity for the man who is even more at fault. The area and size of mercy is limitless.” MenFeelsShouldWarEyeHe ManAreasShould HaveMercyFaultsSizePityLimitlessHateful Author:Yamamoto Tsunetomo
“Never comment on a woman's rear end. Never use the words 'large' or 'size' with 'rear end'. Never. Avoid the area altogether. Trust me.” EndsUseComedyAreasSizeCommentTrust Me Author:Tim Allen