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Magnitude Quotes (page 2)

Australia is properly speaking an island, but it is so much larger than every other island on the face of the globe, that it is classed as a continent in order to convey to the mind a just idea of its magnitude. Charles Sturt
Jock Sturges quote: "We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like..."
We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off. Jock Sturges
Let us lose none of their humble words, let us note their slightest gestures, and tell me, tell me that we will think of them together, now and later, when we realise the misery of the times and the magnitude of their sacrifice. Georges Duhamel
At times, we forget the magnitude of the havoc we can wreak by off-loading our minds onto super-intelligent machines, that is, until they run away from us, like mad sorcerers' apprentices, and drag us up to the precipice for a look down into the abyss. Richard Dooling
Stanley Smith Stevens quote: "The method of magnitude estimation provided a direct measure..."
The method of magnitude estimation provided a direct measure of sensation. Stanley Smith Stevens
Every existence above a certain rank has its singular points; the higher the rank the more of them. At these points, influences whose physical magnitude is too small to be taken account of by a finite being may produce results of the greatest importance. James C. Maxwell
I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep of Watergate. Bob Woodward
Raymond Holliwell quote: "Understanding reduces the greatest to simplicity, and lack of..."
Understanding reduces the greatest to simplicity, and lack of its causes the least to take on the magnitude. Raymond Holliwell
We knew all along we were making a good show, so its success was not a surprise to me. What has surprised me is the magnitude of this show's success. More people see me now in one episode than saw me in 20 years of movies and theater! William Petersen
There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the devastation that happened there - have we gotten to 3,000 deaths yet? For that magnitude of a disaster, that's not all that bad. John Hickenlooper
I got overwhelmed by the magnitude of the celebrity culture in America. My background is as a news journalist, and newsrooms in the US are shrinking - investigation teams are being terminated or shrunk on newspapers all around the country. The one aspect that's expanded is coverage of celebrity culture. Carl Hiaasen
The first day I walked into prison, and he slammed that door, I knew the magnitude of the decision that I made, and the poor judgment, and what I allowed to happen to the animals. And, you know, it's no way of explaining the hurt and the guilt that I felt. And that was the reason I cried so many nights. Michael Vick
Sometimes I am asked if I know 'the response to Auschwitz; I answer that not only do I not know it, but that I don't even know if a tragedy of this magnitude has a response. Elie Wiesel
John Updike quote: "Government is either organized benevolence or organized..."
Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading. John Updike
Thomas Paine quote: "It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken..."
It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration. Thomas Paine

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