Length And Width Quotes

#1. Trying to separate the contributions of nature and nurture to an attribute is rather like trying to separate the contributions of length and width to the area of a rectangle, which at first glance also seems easy. When you think about it carefully, though, it proves impossible.

Paul R. Ehrlich

#2. In the surface of the paper there is only length and width-there is no such thing as thickness.

John Clayton

#3. A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.

Herb Caen

#4. Real happiness comes from the things that can not be taken away from you.

John Wooden

#5. Never surround yourself with people who are envious of your ambitions. Decide to be at the right place at the right time and save yourself for greater opportunities.

Israelmore Ayivor

#6. I would rather have a short life with width rather than a narrow one with length.

Avicenna

#7. We can't do much about the length of our lives, but we can do plenty about it's width and depth.

Evan Esar

#8. What is that which cannot be contained by volume,for it has neither height, nor breadth, nor length, nor width? It constantly weighs on us, but its weight cannot be determined. It is a liquid, but it's viscosity is ever changing. Although we measure it, it cannot be measured.

Marcia E. Letaw

#9. I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

Diane Ackerman

#10. After all, everyone is bisexual after 11pm.

Caitlin Moran

#11. I [prefer] a short life with width to a narrow one with length.

Avicenna

#12. It's difficult to be a mother and maintain a career as a performer - but then it's difficult in any industry.

Bonnie Langford

#13. Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole.

Vitruvius

#14. You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.

H.L. Mencken

#15. If the actor points a fake gun and pulls the trigger, and you have to fall to your knees, you really do have to sell it. Otherwise, it takes the viewer out of the moment.

Gregory Nicotero

#16. If there is one thing in which I hold complete confidence, it is the conviction of my own desirability.

Anne Elisabeth Stengl

#17. Nature is the length of the rectangle, nurture the width. There can be no rectangle without both.

Matt Ridley

#18. No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#19. Don't just live the length of your life - live the width of it as well.

Diane Ackerman

#20. Finally Cub said, "They don't call it global weirding."
"I know. But I think that's actually the idea."
Cub shook his head. "Weather is the Lord's business.

Barbara Kingsolver

#21. I did toy with the idea of doing a cook-book ... I think a lot of people who hate literature but love fried eggs would buy it if the price was right.

Groucho Marx

#22. Width of life is more important than length of life.

Avicenna

#23. I figured managing people was obvious - I'd tell someone what they needed to do and they'd do what I wanted. It turns out that's not the case. It was frustrating at first.

Jon Oringer

#24. We have the most flexible and adaptive economy. Making sure we sustain the ability of the American economy to perform well is really the priority of economic policy.

John W. Snow