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“As I considered the matter carefully it gradually came to light that all those matters only were referred to mathematics in which order and measurements are investigated, and that it makes no difference whether it be in numbers, figures, stars, sounds or any other object that the question of measurement arises. I saw consequently that there must be some general science to explain that element as a whole which gives rise to problems about order and measurement, restricted as these are to no special subject matter. This, I perceived was called 'universal mathematics'.”

“Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.”

Art Used Doubt Influence Fashion Design Punk Measurement Art Design

Author:Malcolm Mclaren

“The goal is not to improve one measurement in isolation. The goal is to reduce operational expenses AND reduce inventories and increase throughput simultaneously.”

Goal Increase Isolation Expenses Measurement Inventory

Book:The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

Source: The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

“I feel more and more as if time did not exist at all... only various spaces interlocking according to the rules of a higher form of stereometry[the geometric measurement of solid bodies], between which the living and the dead can move back and forth as they like, and the longer I think about it the more it seems to me that we who are still alive are unreal in the eyes of the dead.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Stills Body Seems Eye Moving Form Space Alive Higher Various Back And Forth Measurement Unreal Geometric

Author:W. G. Sebald

“This is true even in organizations that are very focused on analysis and quantitative measurement, even among people who think of themselves as smart in an MBA sense. In highly successful change efforts, people find ways to help others see the problems or solutions in ways that influence emotions, not just thought.”

People Thinking Way Helping Problem Effort Emotion Successful Influence Smart Solutions Organization Focused Helping Others Analysis Measurement Mba

Book:The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations

Source: The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations

“Man up and add a tux to your wardrobe. Just find one you like and get it well-tailored to your own measurements.”

Men Wells Add Measurement Wardrobe Tailored

Author:Paul Feig

“Comfort, simplicity, practicality - these are all American words. It is simplicity in fabric and way of cut. You cannot produce complicated clothes or spend ten days making a dress. Mine is all done by scaling measurements. I use the body as the land, as when building a house.”

Way Done Use Body House Cutting Land Produce Building Mines Comfort Ten Clothes Dresses Simplicity Complicated Fabric Measurement Practicality

Author:Zoran

“We did experiments with the Boston Symphony for many years where we measured the angles of incidence of sound arriving at the ears of the audience, then took the measurements back to MIT and analyzed them.”

Years Sound Audience Ears Experiments Angle Boston Symphony Measurement Arriving Different Angles Mit Incidence

Author:Amar Bose

“What you're willing to sacrifice is the measurement of how you love - at least it is for me.”

Sacrifice Willing Measurement

Author:Jada Pinkett Smith

“There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.”

Ifs Made Two Science Results Discovery Scientist Contrary Outcomes Skepticism Hypothesis Skeptical Measurement Skeptic Measuring Scientific Discovery Discovery In Science

Author:Enrico Fermi

“A watch can only tell us how much time it is, how much time has passed, or how much time must still pass before something will occur. These statements are related not to time itself but only to its measurement or calculation.”

Stills Time Watches Statements Related Measurement Calculations

Author:Medard Boss

“I would only have been too pleased if someone had asked me for my data. If you really believed in your data, you wouldn't mind someone looking at it. You should be able to respond that if you don't believe me go out and do the measurements yourself.”

Ifs Should Mind Believe Has Beens Able Don't Believe Data Believe In Me Measurement

Author:James Lovelock

“I’d rather see the United States as a beacon of Good Work and Good Citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.”

States United United States International Educational Good Work Citizenship Measurement Beacons Good Citizen Good Citizenship

Author:Howard Gardner

“Clock measurement is not time itself. In fact, so opposed are they that one could argue the clock is not a synonym, but the opposite of time.”

Facts Opposites Arguing Clock Measurement Synonym

Author:Jay Griffiths

“Clearly, many branches of science need an exquisite precision of timekeeping and the infinitesimal decimals of calibration, so space launches, for example, are not scheduled for leap-second dates. But society as a whole neither needs that obsessive time measurement nor is well served by it.”

Needs Wells Whole Space Example Branches Leap Exquisite Measurement Precision Obsessive Decimals Calibration

Author:Jay Griffiths

“The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the mood of a moment, clock time can ride roughshod over the emotions of individuals.”

Moments Individual Emotion Instruments Mood Clock Schedules Sensitivity Measurement Precision Blunt

Author:Jay Griffiths

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