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Scales Quotes - Page 2

As human beings, our only sensible scale of values is one based on lessening the agony of existence.

"Collected Essays, Volume 5: Philosophy" edited by S. T. Joshi, (p. 70), 2006.

I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension.

"Progress In Religion". Freeman Dyson's Acceptance Speech for the Templeton Prize at the Washington National Cathedral, www.edge.org. May 16, 2000.

A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one.

Thomas Robert Malthus (1820). “Principles of Political Economy Considered with a View to Their Practical Application”, p.406

We aspire to make artisanal tortillas on an industrial scale.

"Chipotle’s Quest to Develop a Better Tortilla" by Stephanie Strom, www.nytimes.com. June 15, 2015.

Why don't we scale up those things that do work.

"Education an economic issue?". "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2011.

TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.217, 谷月社

The true work of art is always on the human scale. It is essentially the one that says, 'less.

Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.98, Vintage

War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale.

Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.75, Princeton University Press

Our brains have just one scale, and we resize our experiences to fit.

"xkcd (Connoisseur)". Webcomic by Randall Munroe, www.explainxkcd.com. (May 29, 2005 - ).

I go to scale the Future's possibilities! Farewell!

Henrik Ibsen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen (Illustrated)”, p.646, Delphi Classics