Size Quotes - page 30

The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes. (Norman McLaren)
The way Moore's Law occurs in computing is really unprecedented in other walks of life. If the Boeing 747 obeyed Moore's Law, it would travel a million miles an hour, it would be shrunken down in size, and a trip to New York would cost about five dollars. Those enormous changes just aren't part of our everyday experience. View quote
Nathan Myhrvold
The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference. View quote
Naveen Jain
High-level actors can be all about their close-ups and the size of their trailers. I'd heard these horror stories of how a really powerful actor can come in and change your script. View quote
Neill Blomkamp
I imagine if aliens came down to Earth, they'd actually be quite tall; people seem to get everything right about extraterrestrials but the size! View quote
Nicolas Roeg
We've going to bring back thighs. Enough of these size zeros. Thighs, and back fat, and over-the-belt fat, it's all got to come back again, and we're the ones to do it. View quote
Nicole Appleton
Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0. View quote
Pink
There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population. View quote
Pat Oliphant
After almost 50 years in which federal spending averaged about 20 percent of GDP, Joe Sestak and Nancy Pelosi took federal spending to 25 percent. You know, that's a 25 percent increase in the size of the government overnight. That's what we - that's what we've got to rein in. View quote
Pat Toomey
I had to find a diet that would kick me back into dating shape, because I know that I can't date at size 8. I have to date at size 2. And it's just a fact of nature. Go get your injections and your chemical peels. You gotta look good to attract a man. View quote
Patti Stanger
I am wearing a size 28 Paige Jeans. Jeans don't lie, and I am just happy! (Ricki Lake)
There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to limit the size of budget deficits among the eleven countries. View quote
Robert C. Solomon
The tree was evidently aged, from the size of its stem. It was about six feet high, the branches came out from the stem in a regular and symmetrical manner, and it had all the appearance of a tree in miniature. View quote
Robert Fortune
President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom. View quote
Ralph Hall
When I was 18, I was halfway up the Eiffel Tower with my friend, Tom, when we decided to stick our heads through the railings. The gap between the railings was exactly the right size to be able to put your head through and nearly get stuck. Which is exactly what happened. View quote
Robert Webb
I've got over three-hundred pairs of shoes back home - I'm twenty-four years old and I wear a size four, so all my shoes are just cheap. View quote
Rau'Shee Warren
I once had a long relationship with a lady, and wherever I went in the world, if I saw something she would look great in, a gown or gloves or a ring, I always knew what color she liked most. I knew her size, what material she appreciated most, and I spent the whole time buying gifts for her. And I loved her very much. View quote
Raymond Burr
It turns out that all Netflix streaming peak on Saturday night can fit inside a single fiber optic, which is the size of one human hair. View quote
Reed Hastings
I've never heard of a size 0 or a negative human. That's hard. A lot of girls aren't naturally built that way. View quote
Serinda Swan
Normally, I am a vocal advocate for 'looking both ways' and 'knowing the size of one's own body.' But working, socialising and simply running errands in Manhattan, means I am bound to break my own rules on occasion. View quote
Sloane Crosley
Used to be bats had thick handles and a big barrel. Then they found it's not the size of the bat that gets home runs - it's the speed with which you can swing it. (Stan Musial)
Macau is limited in size and land is expensive, so gaming and leisure development must be more efficient. We follow a very conservative financial strategy. View quote
Stanley Ho
Norway is a small country, about half the size of Sweden, but it has a very good film climate because they have municipal cinemas, so even in the smallest towns you have a cinema that shows art house films from all over the world. View quote
Stellan Skarsgard
We talked about many issues, like welfare, is it the way of life or hand up? Talked about size of government, how much should it tax families and small businesses? And when we left that lunch, we got in the car and I looked over at Chuck and said, 'I'll be damned. we're Republicans.' View quote
Susana Martinez
Today, 'fat' has become not a description of size but a moral category tainted with criticism and contempt. View quote
Susie Orbach