The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (249 page)
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Kelvin, Lord
1824–1907
1824–1907
1
When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind: it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of
science
, whatever the matter may be.
often quoted as "If you cannot measure it, then it is not science"
When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind: it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of
science
, whatever the matter may be.
often quoted as "If you cannot measure it, then it is not science"
Popular Lectures and Addresses
vol. 1 (1889) "Electrical Units of Measurement", delivered 3 May 1883
Ken, Thomas
1637–1711
1637–1711
1
Awake, my soul, and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run.
Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise
To pay thy morning sacrifice.
Redeem thy mis-spent time that's past,
And live this day as if thy last.
Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed.
Awake, my soul, and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run.
Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise
To pay thy morning sacrifice.
"Morning Hymn" in Winchester College
Manual of Prayers
(1695) but already in use by 1674
Redeem thy mis-spent time that's past,
And live this day as if thy last.
"Morning Hymn" (1709 ed.) v. 2
Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed.
"Evening Hymn" (1695) v. 3
Kenbrovin, Jaan
and
Kellette, William
and
Kellette, William
1
I'm forever blowing bubbles.
I'm forever blowing bubbles.
title of song (1919)
Kennedy, Florynce
1916–2001
1916–2001
1
If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.
If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.
in
Ms.
March 1973
KennedyCarr, Jimmy Michael
1
We're gonna hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line.
We're gonna hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line.
title of song (1939)
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