In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.
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Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.
quote by Galileo Galilei
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It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither measurable nor tangible and certainly not a way to become rich.
quote by Dirk Benedict
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Ask what Time is, it is nothing else but something of eternal duration become finite, measurable and transitory.
quote by William Law
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But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.
quote by Gabriel Marcel
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The more specific and measurable your goal, the more quickly you will be able to identify, locate, create, and implement the use of the necessary resources for its achievement.
quote by Charles J. Givens
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Pawn
The weight of the glass pawn's
Steps on a marble surface
Is only measurable by
The indent left by its
Inevitable fall.
poem by Tim Stensloff
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The deadlier
the deadlier the readlier
it's a circumstatic fact
almost a measurable thing
in terms of both the names and thoughts
a word even distorted
lives a mind beyond time
poem by Miroslava Odalovic
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I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you cannot measure must be uninteresting.
quote by Donald Norman
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A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.
quote by Louis Kahn
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That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables.
You Celan
with-soundly overwhelmed by silence
interpretation stuck
breathe in the words like soap bubbles of the measurable
imperfect(ive) ly shaped cracks
should you come to the window the sight closes down
an eye b(lind) eautiful of mine
poem by Miroslava Odalovic
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Solitude's whistle
Loneliness to solitude
Spans the kingdom of silence
Its path bathed in the golden hue
Of restrained compliance …
One end dark;
The other illuminated.
The distance not yet calibrated;
On a measurable scale.
One hinges on myopia;
The other encourages to exhale.
A moment is enough
to enlighten and
To render the self a glow
So take a step towards the worthy end
Solitude’s whistle you blow.
30 June 2009
poem by Nikunj Sharma
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Why Poets?
When a poem is read
A reader's home is entered
Where dwells a kindred spirit
You laugh…you cry
You groan and you sigh
You feel and taste and hear it
We bring tears to eyes
Smiles to lips…
Memories to mind
We make you think
With pen and ink
And open minds once blind
That music is a source of joy
Of that, of course there is
No doubt
But words and phrases
Ink on pages, of that
We'd ne'er do without
It's a gift given to very few
In truth, this game
of words and phrases
Of measurable worth?
Of real value none?
Of real time and of real places?
So why the need for you and me?
What place have we…Poets,
In grand schemes, of things and matters?
…It's because….
We give wings to words
That soar like birds
And oftimes leave your heart
…in tatters…
poem by David Whalen
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Doubleplusgood
Attention!
Your attention please!
A newsflash has this moment arrived from the malabar front!
Our forces in south india have won a glorious victory!
I am authorized to say that the action we are now reporting
May well bring the war within measurable distance of its end.
Here is the newsflash...:
Plusgood
Doubleplusgood
Plusgood
Doubleplusgood
Doubleplusgood
Times 17.3.84 bb speech malreported africa rectify
Times 19.12.83 forecasts 3 yp 4th quarter 83 misprints verify current issue
Times 14.2.84 miniplenty malquoted chocolate rectify
Times 3.12.83 reporting bb day order doubleplusungood....
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Too much familiarity breeds contempt
Too much familiarity, all the questions answered not just by yes or no
The explanations as demanded all enumerated, and there are no extrapolations needed,
At the last notice, I think I have spoiled you like my first lover,
In giving everything, everything is totally lost, and parting has become inevitable
With you now, I have given trust, but now with limitations however,
It is not selfishness, it is something else, it is to keep you because there is something in you
That makes me alive somehow, you make me breathe, and you have given me a space
Somehow, I must withhold a little bit about myself, to make this love work,
Now when you ask, I will either make some white lies, and later some big lies or be silent
So not everything in me is taken away, and you will think that I am not at all consumed
I am sweet, I will be sweeter still in some measurable unknowns, and you will taste these,
With a note, that not all that is sweet shall be given, some will be bland and even bitter,
I want to keep you for a while; we will be talking some more, like sweet lovers
Whispering nothings, I will confuse you a little bit about some beginnings, I will swerve
Away a little bit, away from your closeness, this too much familiarity that is slowly
Breeding contempt, this familiarity that destroys and has no power to recreate.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Topsy-Turvy
We are fantasies come alive
manifestations of consciousness
realizations of ideas and visions
the universe is one interpretation
of innumerable alternatives, more
than 99 per cent of the measurable
content of our physical dimension is
invisible dark matter, the demonstrable
effect of invisible energy – all mass is
solidified power to be released
when required
Trying to turn this topsy-turvy, arguing
the material universe came first leads
to insoluble conundrums – logic and
planning are part of my assumptions,
I do not visualise hit-and-run attempts
until random hits start to form patterns,
it is irrational and contrary to common
sense, I subscribe to the spiritual theory
that awareness came first and the rest of
the universe has been created to learn to
deal with experience…
poem by Margaret Alice Second
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Jaan
Jaan
Dear Jaan
Do you know what Jaan means?
It means a lot to me
That may be your guess!
But do you really know?
Jaan means (my) soul!
And do you know what soul is?
It is the mind-particle!
And you know what mind is?
Mind consists of mind-particle
And its glow!
And do you know what glow is?
It is the thinnest layer of mass!
The so-called empty space!
And do you know how big it is?
Mind-shine is so big although it contains
Measurable mass of tiniest matter - mind-particle
It's hard to find mind-particle's trace!
So now you see
Now it seems now and then to me
You are the closest thing to me!
As if the two of us are lost in empty space
Joining together as one
And forever having fun!
poem by Asif Andalib
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The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller, but for want of an understanding ear.
quote by Stephen King
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Experiment of God's Wish
That we live encouraged,
To acknowledge and grow...
Is important.
That we share what is learned...
And upon others bestow,
What it is we know...
Is important.
That the slate is wiped cleaned,
From that which is demeaning.
And we strive to occupy our minds,
With meaning and beneficial things.
And this to others we present and bring...
Is important while we still exist.
To discover that which affords us all happiness,
Is important.
Since this is why we have been blessed to be here!
And this is the 'experiment' of God's wish!
For you,
And me.
On this planet we have come to call Earth.
This has been important,
From the time we experienced,
That process of birth.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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