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Quantity Quotes - Page 2

We measure genius by quality, not by quantity.

We measure genius by quality, not by quantity.

Wendell Phillips (1864). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters”, p.479

Be aware that the reward for labour, and quantity of labour, are quite disparate things.

Karl Marx, Hugh Griffith, F. Engels (2009). “Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels”, p.97, Collector's Library

The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.

"The Real Secret to Staying Healthy for Life (Part 3)" by Deepak Chopra, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 15, 2012.

The demand for money is regulated entirely by its value, and its value by its quantity.

David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch (1852). “The Works of David Ricardo. With a notice of the life and writings of the author: by J. R. McCulloch”, p.114

That Quantity that is sufficient, the Stomach can perfectly concoct and digest, and it sufficeth the due Nourishment of the Body.

Benjamin Franklin (1931). “The Ingenious Dr. Franklin: Selected Scientific Letters of Benjamin Franklin”, p.33, University of Pennsylvania Press

There's no such thing as quality time; there's only quantity time.

Steve Schirripa (2014). “Big Daddy's Rules: Raising Daughters Is Tougher Than I Look”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

Beauty . . . cannot be interpreted. It is not an empirically verifiable fact; it is not a quantity.

Wendell Berry (2000). “Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition”, Counterpoint LLC

The lure of quantity is the most dangerous of all.

Simone Weil (2015). “First and Last Notebooks: Supernatural Knowledge”, p.6, Wipf and Stock Publishers

Quality rather than quantity distinguishes the master.

Sax Rohmer (2001). “The Fu Manchu Omnibus”