Good Measure Quotes

#1. Well after that testosterone-shattering experience, I have no more dignity to worry about. Ever. Anyone have a cushion I can sit on? A really big fluffy one? Hell, let's even make it pale pink with bows on it just for good measure.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#2. In seeking the help of the Congress and our countrymen, I pledged no easy answers. I pledged, and asked, only toil and dedication. These the Congress and the people have given in good measure.

John F. Kennedy

#3. I didn't have the heart to tell Brian that if I were waiting on him I would not only spit in his coffee but lick his silverware for good measure. "Of course they wouldn't do that," I lied. "I was just messing with you.

Amanda M. Lee

#4. It was like climbing a mountain of waist-deep molasses while giving someone a fireman's carry, who, for good measure, was also trying to force a pair of frozen socks into your mouth. Nice.

Bear Grylls

#5. You better ignore this.
You better staple your eyes shut
and put pot-lids over your ears
and pinch your nose with vice grips
and cement your mouth shut
with real cement and while
you're at it or in it or whatever
cut off your hands for good measure

B.J. Ward

#6. The early reviews of Dick Cheney's memoir have not evaluated the book, but instead have used its publication as an occasion for attacks on Cheney and his record, with general assaults on George W. Bush's administration thrown in for good measure.

Elliott Abrams

#7. I gave a pointed glance down at the pink stains on the bed, evidence of his climax due to the blood-to-water ratio in vampire bodies "So you made those... by yourself?" And rubbed some on me for good measure? I mentally added, but didn't say out loud.

Jeaniene Frost

#8. ...the atmosphere after a March storm is always dour and pessimistic; we get them every year (and two or three in April for good measure, if we're not lucky), but we never seem to expect them. Every time we get clouted we take it personally.

Stephen King

#9. I was in and out of the hospital almost daily from then on.
They X-rayed, poked, and prodded me, and then they did it again for good measure.

Bear Grylls

#10. Nobody has ever looked at me the way he's looking at me at this moment. Like I'm his possession. Like if anyone else were to touch me, he'd break both their legs and an arm for good measure.

A. Zavarelli

#11. [O]ur War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.

Earl Warren

#12. It doesn't matter what he thinks of himself. Sure he's egotistic, so what? It takes that kind of ego to make a man attempt a thing like this. I've seen enough of men like him to know that mixed in with that pompousness and self-assertion is a goddamned good measure of uncertainty and fear.

Daniel Keyes

#13. I'm not talking nonsense, lass. I'd give you the whole of the moon if I could, and throw in the stars for good measure,' he said, taking her hand, and kissing it. 'You couldn't be content with less?

Georgette Heyer

#14. The indignation of politicians is NOT a good measure of the gravity of any situation.

Paul Harvey

#15. Yeah, sure," I say, and then, for good measure: "Whatever.

Courtney Summers

#16. He poured himself a good measure of Glenfiddich; and shortly thereafter fell deeply asleep in the chair for more than two hours. Bliss.

Colin Dexter

#17. Anthony glared at his brother, then for good measure at Miss Sheffield, who was looking at him as if he'd just despoiled ten virgins in her presence.

Julia Quinn

#18. I gave my artistic laugh and also threw in some quirky language for good measure. "Lawks-a-mercy, no! I'm going to have a long bath and ... "
I looked shyly down. Which is pretty impressive to have done artistic laugh, quirky language and shyness all in the space of ten seconds.

Louise Rennison

#19. Sometimes what we think we need isn't what we need at all, and what gets thrown in for good measure is that which fills our hearts.

Philip Gulley

#20. He snagged two more pieces of wood from her load for good measure. "Martise, bearing children is woman's work. Gurn and I would be sitting in the dark every night if we waited for some wandering female to pick up sticks for us.

Grace Draven

#21. He would ruin the Rodales and take the Halls down too, for good measure. He wanted them all to burn in hell, especially Natalie. That way, he'd have some company.

Nadia Lee

#22. Now there was the rustling of skirts, and it kicked up her smell, that distinctive blend of vanilla and violets, lavender and roses - an entire moving garden with a kitchen thrown in for good measure, and God save the allergic.

Meredith Duran

#23. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure . . . will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. LUKE 6:38

Norman Vincent Peale

#24. You will never have to talk religion to anyone; men will see it talking in your life! You will radiate a positive influence at all times, which will in turn bring you happiness and health in good measure.

Albert E Cliffe

#25. He'd shut the door on the subject of loss, thrown all the bolts, and shoved a heavy table up against it for good measure.

Cecilia Grant

#26. It's like he took the words right out of the deepest, most secretive part of my heart, the tiny room that's always locked up with the key swallowed for good measure.

Steph Campbell

#27. [...] I have found that there is a rock that supports my faith. But it's a borrowed rock, kind of a sedimentary rock composed in good measure of the faith of others.

Robert W. Griggs

#28. To have on her head a most wonderful bonnet like a Grenadier wooden measure, and good measure too, or a great Stilton cheese,

Charles Dickens

#29. Rule One, boy: shoot first then ask questions
Rulw Two, Double tap just for good measure. Better safe then sorry. -Bubba

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#30. I'm doing stuff on Kaballah and Scientology and a little bit more racial stuff, for good measure.

Sarah Silverman

#31. I like my fellow man, but I also realize he carried a good measure of the Old Nick in him and he can find a good excuse for almost any kind of wrongdoing or mischief.

Louis L'Amour

#32. He was such a bastard. Maybe he should have Remy shoot him again, just for good measure.

Abigail Roux

#33. The similarity was reassuring: the pupil was a good measure of the physical arousal that accompanies mental effort, and we could go ahead and use it to understand how the mind works.

Daniel Kahneman

#34. And, just for good measure, here are a handful of runners up:
For now the seventh summer carries you,
A wanderer, across the lands and waters.

Virgil

#35. So what is the role that credit default swaps can play in an economy? Well my feeling is that if these things actually will now be traded on either exchanges or some kind of central clearing, they are going to be a very good measure of the credit worthiness of different companies.

Robert F. Engle

#36. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Luke The Evangelist

#37. I recovered from recovering so no longer celebrate not doing bad things to defend myself as good. I added new bad for good measure.

Brian Spellman

#38. For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished that the flaws were fewer In the earthen vessel, holding treasure, But the main thing is, does it hold good measure Heaven soon sets right all other matters!

Robert Browning

#39. The Department of Homeland Security is a strategic feel good measure. It's going to be the Department of Agriculture for the 21st century. TSA - thousands standing around.

Thomas P.M. Barnett

#40. Eli joined Bobby in laughter. "Oh, Niki, we know you can't help it. But you're like a bull that goes into a china shop, blows everyone away, breaks all the china, and then kicks all the bodies for good measure.

J.L. Murray

#41. He hung up the phone, and I did so gratefully, rubbing my ear a bit for good measure. I was pretty sure I'd just heard Rick Astley at eardrum-popping decibels, which wasn't anything I needed to ever experience again. Ever.

Chloe Neill

#42. It is an encouraging observation that no good measure was ever proposed which, if duly pursued, failed to prevail in the end.

Thomas Jefferson

#43. When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

Charles A.E. Goodhart

#44. What's with the hair today?" He pokes it for good measure.
"I was tired this morning."
"Uh-huh. I can tell. You look like you brushed it with a fork."
"Worked for Ariel."
"Doesn't work for you.

Erynn Mangum

#45. The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I'd made my teammates play.

Bill Russell

#46. All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy.

Leo Tolstoy

#47. This entire most beautiful order of good things is going to pass away after its measure has been exhausted; for both morning and evening were made in them.

Saint Augustine

#48. As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life.

Joseph Prince

#49. We have a special name, here, for a certain kind of failure to defer to the greater good - for putting a personal sense of doing right above any objective measure of the outcome. It's called 'moral vanity'.

Greg Egan

#50. Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.

Benjamin Whichcote

#51. To know the good from the bad, measure the heart. Actions reveal the true coloring of one's heart, not their intentions.

Suzy Kassem

#52. Believe all the good you can of everyone. Do not measure others by yourself. If they have advantages which you have not, let your liberality keep pace with their good fortune. Envy no one, and you need envy no one.

William Hazlitt

#53. I believe how you measure a good movie is how many times you can see it. With comedies, I like to be a producer, because comedies can get corny and go off track real fast. I'm always the 'less is more' guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded.

Ice Cube

#54. Dad reckons if you have a great time in one place, then that's a good reason for never going back. Nothing will ever measure up to the first time. He laughs at people who go to the same place every year, same beach, same house, same things to do.

James Moloney

#55. Berman's foot measure. Then he turned it around and I put my right foot in. That's another reason why my mother thinks Mr. Berman is good at selling

Judy Blume

#56. Evil's a thing of the mind. We humans got the full measure of it ourselves.
Is that right? Are you evil, Sarah Mary?
I ain't good.

Alden Bell

#57. A company could use bricks to measure their growth rate. How many bricks have angry investors thrown at you lately? If the answer is none, then your growth rate is probably pretty good ... for the moment.

Amy Summers

#58. Becoming more than a good Bible study girl means I separate my shortcomings from my identity and let Jesus be the only measure of my worth.

Lysa TerKeurst

#59. Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

Ann Landers

#60. Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for this purpose. In letters we can reform without practice, beg without humiliation, snip and shape embarrassing experiences to the measure of our own desires ...

Elizabeth Hardwick

#61. But the true measure of a society's freedom is how it treats its dissidents and other marginalized groups, not how it treats good loyalists.

Glenn Greenwald

#62. It needs good management to enjoy life. I enjoy it twice as much as others, for the measure of enjoyment depends on the greater or less attention that we give to it ... The shorter my possession of life the deeper and fuller I must make it.

Michel De Montaigne

#63. The measure of a friendship is not its physicality but its significance. Good friendships, online or off, urge us toward empathy; they give us comfort and also pull us out of the prisons of our selves.

Esther Earl

#64. Speech, after all, is in some measure an expression of character, and flexibility in its use is a good way to tell your friends from the robots.

Jacques Barzun

#65. The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.

Neal Shusterman

#66. I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#67. We have some good ideas here. But the only way to know if they're workable is to try to make them fail. If we fail to fail, then maybe we're on the right track.

Orson Scott Card

#68. Boyishness - by which I mean animal life in its fullest measure, good nature and honest impulses, hatred of injustice and meanness, and thoughtlessness enough to sink a three-decker.

Thomas Hughes

#69. The gospel is good news to those who know they don't measure up. It's offensive to those who think they do.

Tullian Tchividjian

#70. It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.

Sallust

#71. I measure my days by the number of homicidal thoughts I have. I only had two today. So it must have been good.

Lida Sideris

#72. Self-correction makes me check the ruler of my life against the yardstick of my inner voice. I acknowledge when I don't measure up. Self-correction is an ongoing process. If done often enough, I can stop myself from straying off the path.

Stella Payton

#73. o have good intentions is irrelevant and misleading. All evil that has ever been done in the universe was done with good intentions. You must measure effect, impact, and consequence, not intentions. - Holy Scrolls of Soeck, Thirteenth Binding Fifteenth Stanza

Aaron Lee Yeager

#74. Surely the experience of all good men confirms the proposition that without a due measure of private devotions the soul will grow lean.

William Wilberforce

#75. The Christian must know that the season, measure, and continuance of his sufferings are appointed by Infinite Wisdom, and designed to work for his everlasting good; and that grace and strength shall be afforded him according to his need.

John Newton

#76. If I were the devil I should broadcast doubts about the truths and relevance and good sense and straightforwardness of the Bible ... At all costs I should want to keep them from using their minds in a disciplined way to get the measure of its message.

J.I. Packer

#77. I'm surrounded by good people. That's the measure of a good life. All the rest is flotsam.

Roger Daltrey

#78. But let's be honest. Real good can come from never missing Sunday-morning worship. Real good comes from guarding what you watch. Good can come from guarding your life in these ways. But as a means to or measure of our righteousness? These things will always fall short.

Matt Chandler

#79. A nation of character is filled with citizens who gradually build lives based on the living awareness that their deeds are judged by eyes of unchanging truth, by a will that is the real measure of what is right, and therefore of what is good.

Alan Keyes

#80. Envy is an ill-natured vice, and is made up of meanness and malice. It wishes the force of goodness to be strained, and the measure of happiness abated. It laments over prosperity, and sickens at the sight of health. It oftentimes wants spirit as well as good nature.

Jeremy Collier

#81. The American experiment has always depended on a measure of tolerance and good sense.

David Ignatius

#82. If we suffer persecution and affliction in a right manner, we attain a larger measure of conformity to Christ, by a due improvement of one of these occasions, than we could have done merely by imitating his mercy, in abundance of good works.

John Wesley

#83. And here's the good part: He got a tongue could measure twenty-one inches. Bet Mrs. Giraffe likes that one.

Janet Evanovich

#84. Whenever things were frightening, it was a good idea to measure them.

Daniel Kehlmann

#85. I have a principle I often invoke in class: comfortable people don't grow. Good teachers need to engage in the paradox of making students feel comfortable and uncomfortable in equal measure.

Erica Brown

#86. Taxing people for having a spare bedroom and forcing them into rent arrears or the possibility of losing homes they have lived in for years has always been a cruel and heartless measure, and so it is good that the Scottish Parliament has been able to step in.

Nicola Sturgeon

#87. It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.

Plutarch

#88. Everything is good in due measure and strong sensations know not measure.

Anton Chekhov

#89. As far as immortality went, that was obviously not any sort of good at all. Who had ever met death without some partial measure of joy?

Daniel Polansky

#90. That's the nice thing about doing stand-up. There's no development, you just go out there and get an immediate response as to whether something is good or bad. Getting a laugh is the best measure of how well you're doing.

Paul Reiser

#91. We humans can spend our whole lives pondering the meaning of 'good' and 'evil,' but we will never be able to figure it out. The only thing that human beings can do is come up with a yardstick by which to measure good and evil.

Soko Morinaga

#92. The applause of all but very good men is no more than the precise measure of their possible hostility.

Alec Guinness

#93. I realized that Sandra and I had been getting social mileage out of our children's good behavior, and, in our eyes, this son simply didn't measure up.

Stephen R. Covey

#94. We have a tendency to measure ourselves against the people around us. They become our point of reference. A good coach will evaluate your performance against your potential.
... if we are wise enough to listen, they will help us go further, faster.

Andy Stanley

#95. I tend to think the good outweighs the bad. Then again, I try to be a glass-half-full person. Although I stand by my theory that if you measure your happiness by the amount of liquid in your glass, you are either a cliche or an alcoholic.

Caprice Crane

#96. As Samuel Johnson purportedly wrote, "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Adam M. Grant

#97. For what good is a measure of success when purchased with the coins of error?" In

Daniel J. Koren

#98. Why do people measure life by the years instead of how good the years were?

Gabriel Iglesias

#99. It is not enough just to be good. We must be good for something. We must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for our presence. And the good that is in us must be spread to others. This is the measure of our civility.

Gordon B. Hinckley

#100. Surely, the best and most effective measure is to get the economy moving and shorten the period of recession or slowdown. That's the rationale for Gordon Brown's 'fiscal stimulus' and it sounds like a good one to me.

Lucy Powell