Top 100 Quotes About Ounce
#1. One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.
Miguel De Cervantes
#2. An ounce of logic can be worth more than a ton of tradition that has become obsolete through the weathering of time.
Ed Parker
#3. A whole lifetime was too short to bring out, the full flavour; to extract every ounce of pleasure, every shade of meaning.
Virginia Woolf
#4. Nicotine had been isolated and synthesized in the nineteenth century. In pure form, it took an ounce at most to kill the average adult.
Deborah Blum
#5. When it comes to cooking and eating, I always try to preach that life is about moderation. Even if I'm having beef for dinner, it's probably going to be a 3-4 ounce portion with heaps and heaps of vegetables.
Michael Symon
#6. Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.
Glen Cook
#7. If Jesus gives us a task or assigns us to a difficult season, every ounce of our experience is meant for our instruction and completion if only we'll let Him finish the work. I fear, however, that we are so attention-deficit that we settle for bearable when beauty is just around the corner.
Beth Moore
#8. A ton of Proust isn't worth an ounce of Ray Bradbury.
J.G. Ballard
#9. When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done.
Stephen King
#10. Give a low man one ounce of power and he'll throw ten thousand pounds of bricks on your head.
Lisa See
#11. You develop millionaires the way you mine gold. You expect to move tons of dirt to find an ounce of gold, but you don't go into the mine looking for the dirt-you go in looking for the gold.
Andrew Carnegie
#12. Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.
Hunter S. Thompson
#13. I cannot conjure up an ounce of respect for Bill Clinton when it comes to the military. Every time I see him salute a Marine, it infuriates me. I don't think Bill Clinton cares one iota about what happens in a military unit.
Jim Webb
#14. A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and endurance in carrying out their attack and defence under strict rules of fair play and good temper.
Robert Baden-Powell
#15. They call Ray Robinson the best fighter, pound for pound. I'm the best fighter, ounce for ounce.
Willie Pep
#16. You know what you are, Sam Brody?" she whispered, wrapping her arms around his neck. "A big, fat tease." They both knew there wasn't an ounce of fat on him. They also both knew exactly what she meant.
Jill Shalvis
#17. I'm thankful for the three ounce Ziploc bag, so that I have somewhere to put my savings.
Paula Poundstone
#18. Every ounce of breath we inhale is invention and every ounce of breath we exhale could be re-invention.
Santosh Kalwar
#19. You're asking for trouble, woman." At the gruff tone of his voice, I raised my head and met his dark, chocolate-brown eyes, rimmed by long lashes that didn't take an ounce away from his masculinity. I wanted to drown in those eyes.
"I like trouble, remember?
Suzanne Johnson
#20. Chicago's always been known as this meat and potatoes place, and a lot of restaurants play that up. They try to outdo each other by adding another 10 ounces, so their 80 ounce steak becomes a 90 ounce steak with 10 pounds of mashed potatoes on the side.
Graham Elliot
#22. I've eaten sheep's eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
Bear Grylls
#23. A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.
George Herbert
#24. A girl who is willing to give every ounce of herself to someone, who could never betray her lover, who never suspects maliciousness of anyone, and whose sexuality sleeps in her, waiting to be stirred.
Steve Martin
#25. He had never been a religious person. Even as a child he had found the notion of an omnipotent creator who punished his crations inconsistently for minor infractions of a vaguely defined moral code to be unthinkable to anyone with an ounce of sense.
Michael Thomas Ford
#26. I wondered what he'd done that had been so terrible that he wouldn't accept even an ounce of kindness from another person. It seemed impossible just then that I could ever hate him more than he hated himself.
Kristen Simmons
#27. I tried with every ounce not to, not to weep as I saw my world, everything in it of any importance, vanishing from my grip. In
Peter Heller
#28. Sadly, however, the sight of her generous D cups no longer sparked an ounce of interest from Little Sam, the man in charge of social activities.
Sarah Mayberry
#29. If Amy had one ounce of romance in her soul, she would be sighing with gratification. Instead, she said acerbically, "All that's missing is the love poem."
Jermyn deposited her in a chair by the table. "I'll order a pen and ink for you.
Christina Dodd
#31. Each day, you get an ounce more confidence. When we're playing like we are, there's no reason not to.
Drew Brees
#32. Facts quite often, I fear to confess, like lawyers, put me to sleep at noon. Not theories, however. Theories are invigorating and tonic. Give me an ounce of fact and I will produce you a ton of theory by tea this afternoon. That is, after all, my job.
Ray Bradbury
#33. I try not to have expectations because they can tend to tear you apart. I expect to work as hard as I can possibly work and I expect to give every ounce of a hundred percent.
Mark Martin
#35. I will never quit. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down i will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my enemies and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight.
Marcus Luttrell
#36. The Fiddle Creek Steakhouse [in Stephenville, TX] started selling what they called an 'Alien Secretion' shot: ¾ shot of Malibu rum, ¾ shot of melon or Midori liqueur, ½ ounce of sweet and sour mix, ½ ounce of pineapple juice.
Steve Volk
#37. I haven't put an ounce of effort into my families. I never have.
Ingmar Bergman
#38. Police on my drawers
I had to pause
40 ounce in my lap
And it's freezing my balls
Eazy-E
#39. If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst.
Joan Crawford
#40. If you are a parent, the horoscope will aid you to detect the evil latent in your child and teach you how to apply the ounce of prevention. It will show you the good points also, that you may make a better man or woman of the soul entrusted to your care.
Max Heindel
#42. An ounce of gold is an ounce of gold, whether it consists of guineas, sovereigns or eagles.
Hans F. Sennholz
#43. God does not waste an ounce of our pain or a drop of our tears; suffering doesn't come our way for no reason, and He seems efficient at using what we endure to mold character. If we are malleable, He takes our bumps and bruises and shapes them into something beautiful.
Frank E. Peretti
#44. No," said Dina. "We don't burn books."
"Who's we?"
"People with an ounce of brain.
G. Willow Wilson
#45. What man leaves a girl he just dragged to a strip joint to get interrogated by my dad?" "A smart and still living one." There wasn't an ounce of repentance in his reply or grin. "You are a bad cat." "The baddest, honey. Feel free to punish me anytime.
Eve Langlais
#47. Wolf rolled her away from the edge, landing on top of her. His hands hastily brushed the curls from her face, gripped her shoulders, rubbed her bruised wrist, every ounce of his frenetic energy devoted to checking that she was there. That she was all right.
Marissa Meyer
#48. When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
Henry Ward Beecher
#50. Know the difference between Giant and Jumbo? Between two-ounce and a big two-ounce? Between a quart and a full quart? What's a tall 24-inch? What does Extra Long mean? Who's kidding who?
Marya Mannes
#51. Meryl Streep is expert at only using the requisite amount of energy to express her character, not an ounce too little or too much. She's Zen and doesn't know she's Zen. That's very Zen!
Frederick Lenz
#52. The chair was a simple Scandinavian design of chrome and white leather. Beautiful, clean, and silent, with not an ounce of warmth, like a fine rain falling under the midnight sun.
Haruki Murakami
#53. I've played bingo with these senior citizens. They take that shit seriously. They might be old, but if you get I-22 when they were waiting for B-6? They'll bust your fucking kneecaps as quick as any backstreet bookie, without an ounce of remorse.
Emma Chase
#54. Awesome! I'd just bullied Jesus into doing a shot with me. Nobody would ever believe it, but I didn't care. We ordered the insanely expensive stuff, seventy-five dollars for a 1.75-ounce pour of premium Irish whiskey, because if you're doing a shot with Jesus, you don't buy him scotch.
Kevin Hearne
#55. You'll leave a trail of trash on this Earth that will far exceed anything of worth you leave behind. For every ounce of heirloom, you leave a ton of landfill.
Adam Sternbergh
#56. Pretty soon, the only doubt in my mind was the precise time and method of committing suicide. The only alternative I could see was an eternity of hell for the rest of my life in a mental hospital, and I was going to use my last ounce of free choice and choose a quick clean ending.
Sylvia Plath
#57. An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.
Michael Korda
#58. A man carries within him the germ of his most exceptional action; and if we wise people make eminent fools of ourselves on any particular occasion, we must endure the legitimate conclusion that we carry a few grains of folly to our ounce of wisdom.
George Eliot
#60. The most I've smoked in a day was over an ounce, in Germany.
Method Man
#61. Just because an institution gives you authority doesn't mean you gain any respect - not one ounce - from the people you're supposed to manage.
Julia Kent
#63. Christian Louboutin, I love you, but honey, please! But when you have this much weight, you've got to give us a little platform. Sorry! The shoes are stunning though. An ounce of pain, it's worth it.
Octavia Spencer
#64. Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.
Cesare Pavese
#65. I love him with every ounce of my being, and I know that I always will.
H.M. Ward
#66. Was it possible that perhaps the most plausible explanation was being offered by someone who anyone with an ounce of sanity would have long ago consigned to the realm of the insane?
Tim Horvath
#67. My goal has always been to try to live up to every ounce of my potential. For me, that means working with the best people and working with the best material.
Andre Holland
#68. Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
John Wesley
#69. He knows what you are going through and, believe me, He feels every ounce of your pain. He will use it for your good ... that is what He has promised. I did not make that promise. Nor did your father. But the very God who created all of these stars made that promise.
Bill Myers
#70. He destabilized every ounce of her being with his presence alone.
April Vine
#71. The way I see it, gold is headed over $1000 an ounce, probably much higher. At anywhere near current prices, it's the lowest risk, highest potential investment I can think of.
Doug Casey
#72. If there were an ounce of courage in this body I would be joined by other senators ... saying they will not tolerate this.
Rand Paul
#73. I want to feel every ounce of pain and happiness life can serve up, because it'll mean I've survived. It'll mean I'm alive.
Alexandra Bracken
#74. An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.
Michael Korda
#75. Like yeast, it's impressive how considerably an ounce of determination can make one's efforts grow and expand.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#76. [David] Wallerstein discovered that people would spring for more popcorn and soda- a lot more- as long as it came in a single gigantic serving. Thus was born the two-quart bucket of popcorn, the sixty-four-ounce Big Gulp, and, in time, the Big Mac and the jumbo fries.
Michael Pollan
#77. If you have felt any ounce of fear, insecurity, and uncertainty during your work day, then you might be an entrepreneur.
Timothy Freriks
#78. Unfortunately, the administration's plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.
Charles Schumer
#80. According to her, I didn't have an ounce of tact. That simply wasn't true. It wasn't my fault that they were all incompetent asshats. "Are
Adele Abbott
#81. I'll need every ounce that I have to drive it through. Film and TV require that energy. Sometimes fight scenes can be pretty intense. When I was shooting 'Heaven' it was truly guerrilla film-making.
Karl Urban
#82. So many celebrity websites you go to are so sterile that you know they just pay somebody to do it and there's not even an ounce of them in it.
Cindy Margolis
#83. On a grim and dismal day that shattered my last ounce of confidence, I broke down and whimpered, "I'm awful and hideous and incompetent and boring and utterly useless." And then you grinned at me and said, "That's okay.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#84. New Scientist magazine reported that in the future, cars could be powered by hazelnuts. That's encouraging, considering an eight-ounce jar of hazelnuts costs about nine dollars. Yeah, I've got an idea for a car that runs on bald eagle heads and Faberge eggs.
Jimmy Fallon
#85. To be stabbed by a woman you didn't even sleep with for several years first," Ryland said. "Shameful. Had you an ounce of male pride you'd hang yourself with your own penis.
Matt Wallace
#86. See, I never gain an ounce, because, you know, my anxiety acts like aerobics.
Woody Allen
#87. I want a man that will do what he needs to do to take care of his family. I will give that man every ounce of love and support I have to give. I will never measure him against another man. I will never want what other people have. I will simply enjoy every minute we have together.
Destin Bays
#88. Find something good within your life and give every ounce of positivity you have towards it, then watch how your life changes.
Leon Brown
#89. I told you I didn't have a heart. I do have one. I just didn't know it until I met you. You are my light. My soul craves you, and I love you with every ounce of the heart you've awakened in me. I ... I could live without you but I wouldn't want to. Will you marry me, Evelyn Marie?
Suzanne Enoch
#90. An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
Elbert Hubbard
#92. I knew what I was getting into: 72-ounce steaks, shakes by the quart, atomic wings. When I landed 'Man v. Food' in 2008, I accepted the fact that my weight would fluctuate. But instead of stressing about the scale, I made my long-term health a primary concern.
Adam Richman
#94. An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!
Sivananda
#97. Not all things are worth saving, you know. But some are worth every ounce of fight you can throw at them.
Katie Ganshert
#98. I was fifteen and with every ounce of my strength I was leaning into my thoughts to make them slant reality toward the light.
Nicole Brossard
#99. We may never understand illnesses such as cancer. In fact, we may never cure it. But an ounce of prevention is worth more than a million pounds of cure.
David Agus
#100. An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance
David Lee Roth
