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.
If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course of politics, and attach to himself a school of political thought, then Mr. Mill, in the best meaning of the words, has suc...
The days were longer then (for time, like money, is measured by our needs), when summer afternoons were spacious, and the clock ticked slowly in the winter evenings.
The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
Measuring nuclear yield depends on multiple parameters - the location and number of instruments, the geology of the area, the location of the seismic station in relation to the test site.
We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of Libraries it opens, not the number it closes down.
There are no fans more rabid or devoted than KISS fans. KISS fans are what all other fans are measured against. That's how it came to be known as the KISS Army.
And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.
The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.
For me a house or an apartment becomes a home when you add one set of four legs, a happy tail, and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog.
There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.
What's friendship's realest measure? I'll tell you. The amount of precious time you'll squander on someone else's calamities and fuck-ups.
You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win.
Companies are starting to measure how effective their customer service is and trying to understand what they can do to improve the customer service process.
My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.
The real asset of any advanced nation is its people, especially the educated ones, and the prosperity and success of the people are measured by the standard of their education.
I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.
I'm confident that the terrorists are aware that from the curb to the cockpit we've got additional security measures that didn't exist a couple of years ago.
Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.
Unmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic.
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
