Ounce Quotations

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

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.

If I feel like I've completely drained every ounce of energy out of me for this song, and I can't go any further with it, then I stop, even if the song is unfinished. Most of the time, when it's finished, it's because I've used every ounce of me to write it.

I hope to devote all of my spare time, which ordinarily would go to research, my summers, and every ounce of strength I can muster to further the project.

I don't think anyone can do any character that doesn't have at least some ounce of themselves in it. You are who you are, and your brain is drawing on things that you've experienced.

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.

An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

I may be more passionate about my comedy because that's the one place where I feel comfortable - because I'm in the now. Performing is the only time of the day when I have to really force every ounce of concentration into whatever's happening in that moment.

Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.

I am five foot six, I am built of muscle and bone, and that is not very good for fashion, but it's who I am. Women who look good in fashion are six foot tall, don't have an ounce of muscle, and their legs are the size of my arm.

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.

Obviously, we're proud to go home with a medal. We had to fight for every ounce of that bronze. A few shots here or there could have turned into a silver or gold. We can't hang our heads about that.

Moses? That's a very humble beginning. I'm so happy for them, the more the merrier. I know she takes mothering very seriously and it is one of the hardest things you can possibly do and it will take every ounce of imagination that she has. I'm so happy for her because that little Apple deserves a playmate.

If this government has an ounce of honor left, Charles Clarke has to go.

If this government has got an ounce of honor left, Charles Clarke has got to go. There is no excuse for this devastating failure to protect the public.

Mr. Bates pled guilty to a count of manslaughter, two counts of assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury and guilty to making criminal threats and to transportation of more than one ounce of marijuana. They are all felonies.

Sentiment towards bullion remains overwhelmingly bullish and further short-term gains are likely. A move up towards the February 1983 high of $509 an ounce seems the obvious target.

She's tremendous. But she has been fabulous since she set foot on the floor here. Even as a freshman, she was never a true freshman. She has given every ounce of energy she has had and been a lot of fun to watch.

The price of gold was fixed at $35 an ounce in 1934, but by the time the U.S. got through the Korean War, the Vietnam war, with all the associated secular inflation, the price level had gone up nearly three times.

I am running full tilt. I have my papers filed in Harrisburg and I am technically qualified to be on the ballot. I am committed to this race with every ounce of energy in my body.

I foresee that the precious metal would reach $800 per ounce by June this year.

From now through September big fish will be in grass packs, ... You need to get a big one ounce jig with a frog or a crabapple or plum colored worm and find your wolf pack of fish.

If Brian Bilbray had an ounce of integrity, he would call for this ad to be taken off the air. What is even more disgusting is that Brian Bilbray is standing by this ad, which is more evidence that he will say and do anything to protect his pay-for-play ways.

I don't think we played an ounce of basketball after that.

Today at the supermarket, one dozen large eggs can cost as little as $1. One egg contains the protein equivalent of 1 ounce of meat -- that's a great value for the money.

What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage, ... Otherwise it was impossible.

What we've seen last night is a lot of hot air coming out...it may go on for a number of weeks but it's just a healthy part of the market. Over the next three years, we believe targets well beyond the all-time high of US$850 an ounce are achievable.

We've earned every ounce of this. We've had a few lucky bounces. A few teams that maybe should have been here aren't, but that's the tournament. ... To say that we've been lucky or had an easy road, well, what goes around comes around. We were given it and we took control of it.

He wasn't winded at all. He looked really good. Definitely, NBA shape is different, but he had extensive weight room work. He's always working out. He's going to be 50 years old and not gain an ounce of fat. He's a freak.

He was in tremendous shape, not an ounce of fat. His belly still had ripples.

He has no self-doubt whatsoever. Not an ounce of it,

He has no self-doubt whatsoever. Not an ounce of it. I did Coriolanus with David so I know about playing scary men. But this guy is about 500 miles beyond that.

Gold at $600 an ounce might be a surprise to many, but these are the same people that were surprised when gold hit $300, when it broke $400 and when it moved to over $500.

Gold has pulled back from its recent spike to around $505 an ounce while the rand has strengthened to 6.34 against the US dollar.

Just recently up in Utah, some guy got 55 years for selling an ounce of pot to an undercover agent.

(Jamison) ran like a horse the whole time. He ran as hard as he could go and gave every ounce of effort.

Our joke sitting there was that his drinking less than an ounce would shift to a shot and a beer.

Today's race was tough because of the wind. The wind made it hard to break away and I needed every ounce of strength to pull away from the other runners.

We were hoping they'd burn one more time before they shut down. But I don't think they want to give us an ounce of evidence.

That was Nick going and getting it, but it could have been anyone in a black jersey doing that because we're a hungry team. We've been in these games before and it doesn't come down to skill. It comes down to heart and determination, and we had a half more ounce than Villa.

The fact that my state, New Jersey, has passed a credit freeze law is tremendous. I think everyone should take advantage of it, even if they're not a victim. It's that ounce of prevention.

We have gone to the limits of what this system can do, which is way beyond the original design and requirements. That's really allowed us to squeeze every ounce of performance out of both systems, spacecraft and propulsion.

We would be buyers of gold and select gold equities at current levels. We expect gold to work higher and fully expect a test of $500 an ounce in coming months.

We would essentially be cutting our budget for them. There's not a thing on here that seems like an ounce of fat. ... Our job is to go out and fight for this tooth and nail.

We would not be surprised if gold advanced beyond $600 a ounce during 2006.

We shouldn't have to prove our innocence ... but nevertheless we've been forced to. We have not one ounce of trust in the Boulder police.

Tomorrow will be my last two bobsled runs, and you'll see every ounce of energy that I have in this sport. I've got to try to do a lot better job for my teammates.

The potential for a weakening dollar is definitely a driver for gold. We could see $700 an ounce in two years.

When you mix alcohol, youth and testosterone, it's not a good mix. The evidence will show that Mr. Copeland had not an ounce of alcohol to drink and that Mr. Leonard had an amount almost 21/2 times the legal limit ... and drank Red Bull, a caffeine-charged drink, and had marijuana.

Every dollar that you put onto the oil price, you're putting at least a dollar an ounce into the operating costs.

I skied a mid-mountain run for my first run this morning and was, without an ounce of exaggeration, choking on the snow.

I sent out an e-mail yesterday that people who fled the storm to lodges and cabins get to stay. People like you and me who still have a place to stay but who had a reservation at the park will get a gift certificate, or a room at another state park. I don't think that will be a problem with anyone who has an ounce of humanity in his bones.

These are all people who didn't have one ounce of judicial experience . . . yet rose to be great justices,

It would be more fun if we were battling for one of the byes or higher seeds. We're fighting for a little pride and an ounce of momentum before the tournament.

We're putting every ounce of effort into getting these power lines back up and running. We're doing everything we can to help Sierra Pacific.

Better an ounce from the ground than a pound from the roof

Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.

Read the right kinds of books and don't let the author do all of your thinking for you. Interpret thoughts into something definite in your own life. How can you apply it in your work tomorrow? If you can contribute one ounce of original thought, you have dared to dream.

Rather small amounts, the amount you might get in an ounce or two of potato chips, cause a wide range of gastro- intestinal problems.

People earn their respect. Tony has earned my respect. He has earned every ounce of the respect he has on and off the race track.

With the Australian dollar now trading just below 75 US cents, we only need a US dollar gold price of around $US573 per ounce to break the record which has stood for 26 years.

A hundred load of worry will not pay an ounce of debt

Pound for pound and ounce for ounce, you will save more money this way than shopping at Sam's Club or Costco.

Five-hundred dollars an ounce is still a great margin for gold producers, particularly in Russia. Rising cash costs around the world means that Russia stands out.

This battle will be fought tenaciously and vigorously with every ounce of energy that we have,

This is satire. I am a satirist. Modern-day society has this obsession with needing to know every ounce of angst about performers' lives, to the point that it becomes more important than whether they can perform.

I know the bestseller 'Gone Girl' doesn't need an ounce of support from me, but that book was as sharp and witty as they come.

In this situation, it took every ounce of every person's ability to get this movie made.

Everyone gets about a half-ounce to an ounce to sip. A lot of my time is taken up talking to customers, explaining the wines to them. We talk about their clarity, smell, taste, what types of food go with the wines and just about anything else that they want to talk about.

The North Koreans are behaving just like you'd predict. For every I that has to be dotted and T that has to be crossed, the North Koreans are going to demand their ounce of gold. So not only is it going to be a difficult road, I'm not sure we'll ever get to the end of it.

(It's) unlikely to fall that far but it's good fundamental support and I believe more likely that gold is going to hover somewhere between $500 and $525 an ounce in the early months of 2006.

The federal government, the DEA, handles just one percent of marijuana cases in this country and they would have absolutely no way of controlling the private adult use of less than one ounce in the privacy of someone's own home. This would in fact change state statutes and lead to marijuana being legal under state law.

The kids have given us every ounce of energy they had and were so unselfish. This group was very special.

The kids have never quit, there's not an ounce of quit in them. Everybody's frustrated, but they've got a lot of heart. We're gonna turn the corner, it's just a matter of when that's gonna happen.

It seems extremely unlikely that gold doesn't trade $600 an ounce in the spot market at some time either today or this week.

In '02 we had another good year in improving productivity in salaried work force. What we're trying to do is make this a regular mind set around here, ... You can't have an ounce of fat these days and meet the pricing and the investments and the profitability targets we're shooting for.

Before you were trying to pull out every ounce of talent out of kids. And now you've got kids with natural-born abilities. Now all you have to do is get them to work hard and know the offense. Then let them do what they do best.

It was a game that lived up to the game we all thought it would be. Those kids gave every ounce they had.

After I had my son, I was like, 'I can conquer the world.' I just delivered a 9 pound, 10 ounce baby. I was walking in my living room like, 'Yeah, the champ is here!' That's how I felt.

An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.

An ounce of wit is worth a pound of argument

The British government and the prime minister personally must use every ounce of influence they have in Washington to try to prevent that from happening,

You'd be surprise what they tell us. I just got a deal the other day where I got a crime stopper tip where I ended up getting almost an ounce of pot, That's almost $200 worth of hydro off a kid, because of a kid coming in and telling me. It's a good program, and I enjoy it.

These guys worked themselves into this position and nobody gave them anything, much less a chance. It's great to see Bradley put back on this stage. It's something that has taken a lot of work, but it was certainly worth every ounce of sweat by a lot of people.

All but Dave on the end peg struggled for anything other than really small roach - four or five to the ounce - until the last half-hour. Then most of the field began to sample the quality roach Dave had been catching for most of the match.

As a whole, I'm overjoyed. This has been a tremendous season for us. Too bad it had to end tonight. All the kids worked hard all season long. They gave me 110 percent and every ounce of their energy. I can't be more pleased.

They give every ounce of effort to be out there and play. It's a world where they don't feel ostracized.

It's everything I wanted it to be and more, ... Doing Mamet is working without a net. He's so delicious. I knew he was great, but I did not know that by doing him, you get him. It's like hearing an overture in a musical. There isn't an ounce of fat on this thing. It's great!

We were living on an 11-0 season that meant absolutely nothing. We took a 15-8 lead and from then, didn't play an ounce of basketball.

We wish Pedro nothing but the best going forward both on the field and off the field, ... He pitched with every ounce of his being for the Red Sox over the course of 216 games. Some of those performances were among the most memorable in Red Sox history. Who will ever forget the 1999 All-Star game? He has earned everything that he has accomplished, including his World Series ring and his reputation as one of the greatest who ever lived.

What's great about the gold recovery in the recycling of discarded computers is the fact that there is no guesswork on the amount of gold you actually have. If it takes 10 computers to recover an ounce of gold, and you want to recover 100 ounces, then you'll need 1000 computers.

It's a good day. A lot of convictions and a lot of hard fighting on both sides, but I believe with every ounce of my being that we did the right thing today. Nobody apologizes for where we're headed.

We gave every ounce of our energy and are so, so proud. Winning every year, we have to work 10 times harder to keep moving up and up. But we come back with hard work and dedication.

They're not the number one team in the state for nothing. They're a good football team. But I like the way our kids played the entire game. They did not give up and played the entire game with every ounce of heart they've got.

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.

And because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers.

Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.