Weighed Quotations

Musical harmony is based on physical principles, while in cooking, ingredients must be weighed out with precision. At the same time, you have to be able to invent because if one follows the same recipe all the time, you never create anything new.

I absolutely hated high school. As a freshman, I was 5 feet tall and weighed 95 pounds... When I got to high school, I had no social skills. Was I a nerd? More of a dork. Definitely not one of the popular kids.

We lived in the shadow of our rich relations. Mother was intent on keeping up with the people she was raised with, which was impossible. My father was a physician who wanted to be a rabbi but was weighed down by a great sense of obligation to support his family in style.

The former measured six feet and an inch in his stockings, and, without a single pound of cumbrous flesh about him, weighed a hundred and eighty. The latter was an inch shorter than his rival, and ten pounds lighter; but he was much the most active of the two.

I used to run ten miles every other day and eat very little. I was living in London on my own for the first time and no one was checking on me. I wasn't anorexic but lost three stone. I weighed around seven. It lasted six months until I ran out of willpower.

'Foyle's War' made me realise that Churchill actually had questionable morals; his decisions meant that good people died. It must have weighed heavily on his soul, but he never let his personal demons get in the way of what was best for our country.

Contrary to popular mythology, the best and most durable relationships are based not on vulnerability or passion but on a conjugation of positive attributes, a meeting of mind, body and soul that is all the more powerful as it is not weighed down with neediness and unreasonable expectation.

Mummy weighed sweets and nuts so that everyone would get exactly the same amount. During the year, everything is measured roughly, but at Christmas, it has to be absolutely fair. That's why it's such a strenuous time.

When Marvel approached me about possibly bringing back a She-Hulk solo series, a few touchstones for a take immediately popped into my head - make her an attorney. Make her charming and fun, not weighed down by the various things life will throw at her. Give her a vibrant social life.

I weighed 25 stone, and I didn't stand nine feet tall, so the weight didn't sit well on me. As big as a house? No. I was as big as an estate.

Back in 1960 at Christmas time, I did work loading and unloading boxcars for Railway Express. That was a kind of weight training that helped me. I weighed about 160 when I started. I began to gain weight and kept right on gaining until I reached 195 pounds.

At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic Church bingos. Now, my dad made sure I could take care of myself. I carried a Smith and Wesson .357 Magnum - that gun weighed more than I did!

For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 pounds. I say 'by choice' because I have never 'accidentally' eaten anything, so when I choose to eat too much, I have chosen to weigh too much.

Ironically, the opportunity to go into space brings you back down to Earth big time! My decision must also take into account my children, my family and my friends. I must be at peace with this decision. And I was. I weighed the risks without letting fear feed on fear. There is no room for fear in my life.

Every day there are homeowners in California who will either receive relief so they can stay in their home, or will be in the foreclosure process and potentially lose their home. And that always weighed heavily on my mind.

In the grave should be buried the prejudices and passions born of conflict. Charity should hold the scales in which are weighed the deeds of men.

One of the dogs weighed 24 pounds before his hair was cut. He weighed 10 pounds after that.

Ongoing fears of possible Bank of Japan intervention combined with renewed rumors of a possible downgrade of Japan's credit rating also weighed on the yen.

On the bathroom scale he weighs 50 pounds. We took him out to the hog scales and he weighed 46 pounds.

When I got to about the 20 it felt like that ball weighed about 200 pounds.

When I graduated from high school, I weighed 125 pounds because of wrestling. Suddenly, I realized I could eat whatever I wanted - plus, creatine was new at the time. I went from 125 to 175 pounds, working out like crazy. I was yoked. But I wasn't drinking enough fluids and ended up with a kidney stone - and 3 weeks of pure hell.

One of the things that weighed heavily on our mind,

Now that the e-commerce companies have weighed in, Congress will have to take a look. These are the brand names of the 21st century.

She gave off heat, gave off energy, she made lots of noise, you knew she was there even though she only weighed 2 pounds and 14 ounces.

Secular concerns that have weighed on our stock are overblown. Secular trends warrant us accelerating the program.

She weighed 16 pounds when we got here when she should have weighed 45.

He is weighed down by this transformation over the years from a self-described revolutionary and former opponent of the dictatorship of the fifties to ... the darling of the middle class and intellectual elite of Venezuela.

There are so many positive factors that led to today's rally. Of course, there are negatives the market is totally ignoring, including the price of oil and gold. Ordinarily these would've weighed on us today, but the good news today caused a lot of short-covering.

There are a lot of shows that have been saved because the fans weighed in.

I am seriously considering a run against Lenny. There are a number of considerations, many personal, which must be weighed first, and I do have some time.

For years, I used to make our offensive and defensive linemen, if they weighed over 275 pounds, lose weight down to 275 or under just for health reasons. Today, we've relaxed that a little bit because these guys have gotten so much bigger.

He's 100 percent healthy and he has enough weigh-ins to wrestle at 52. A lot of people knew he was down to 52 because that's where he weighed in at the Washington County Tournament.

He was one tough son of a gun. He weighed about 175 pounds when he fought Charles, but he went toe-to-toe with him.

He inflicts punishment on those who forget the Name. They are called to account for each instant and each moment. Every grain, every particle, is weighed and counted.

There is a strong wait-and-see mode ahead of key economic events in the US, including tomorrow's GDP release and next week's FOMC meeting. This weighed on the euro despite a supportive strong German IFO survey.

He had a cast on his arm, his clothes were torn and tattered, and he probably weighed 140 pounds,

I weighed 193 pounds and had three chins. I couldn't get up before 9 a.m. and never saw patients before 10. I decided to go on a diet.

I weighed 245 pounds when I was 16 years old. I had a 44-inch waist. And that was two years before 'Dukes of Hazzard' started.

I weighed my options and it turned out that Charlotte was the best place for me. I weighed everything and I wanted to be a part of getting this franchise to the playoffs and beyond.

I weigh now 162 pounds, a dramatic drop from the 250-plus pounds I weighed when I laid down on the surgeon's table, ... Since that surgery last year, I've been able not only to lose weight, but to quit taking all but one medication, down from the seven forms of meds I required daily to stay alive.

Looking at profits, the quarterly result was very disappointing but high restructuring costs were booked, which weighed on earnings. What is gratifying is that order inflow is well above expectations.

I think what we have here is a situation in which the president's personal behavior, inappropriate and offensive as it is, is being weighed by the American people and by members of Congress with his job performance as president of the United States, ... He has done a good job for this country.

Last week we saw oil give back a sizable amount of recent gains and I just think that given the fact that we have seen some weakness in oil prices as a result of that, that's weighed on the Canadian dollar as well,

Josh has a bright future and deserves recognition because he wrestled guys who weighed 20-30 pounds more than him all season.

I think you are going to see a lot of fish weighed in. You may see a 30-pound stringer. It is unlikely there will be any over 40, but it is possible. There will be a lot of 20s.

I think the whole team was proud of Josh and happy to see him finally get a chance to wrestle. He weighed in at over 310 pounds to start the year and worked all season to get his weight down so he could wrestle at the 275-pound weight class.

Over the last several months, we have thoroughly weighed strategic alternatives for our Northern Department Store Group,

Our preference is to first identify a home away from home venue for our football team. The possibilities, there are more than a handful right now. We haven't weighed in on any of them at this point, and we haven't ruled any of them out.

I think so many of our educators, when they hear about these programs coming from the federal government, they're just thinking, 'Uh, that's another book of paperwork that I'm going to have to do,' and teachers are so weighed down with that.

It does indicate that the second quarter was a disappointing quarter, ... Growth slowed sharply. Consumers became more cautious and our trade deficit ballooned. The economy was weighed down by higher energy prices.

I still have the energy to do it. I was asked not to retire and told they might be able to put together the package I'd want. When I told my wife (Bonnie), she said, 'It's like we're divorced now. If you want a divorce?' So then I weighed my options.

I think the public will is going to be heard. I don't think every avenue has been explored. Marina residents haven't weighed in on this.

I think the issue that dominated today was the Wal-Mart announcement, because it made investors wonder if we're going through another slowdown, ... That certainly weighed on stocks.

I think the likelihood of gaining is reinforced this year because we've gotten to an oversold condition due to all the negatives that have weighed on stock investors,

I thought about it, but a lot of stuff weighed on me and my family. And I thought this was the best situation. It was time to take care of my family.

I was as big as I have ever been. I had a personal trainer and was working out. I was feeling good. I was muscular. I had never weighed more than 155 pounds.

...Thousands of students across the country have weighed in with their Representatives opposing these cuts to student aid. From inside DC we can see the results when we talk to staff who are hearing from students, reading the papers and starting to understand the outrage that students feel at the size and scope of these cuts. In short I believe students can have a significant impact.

Those factors are weighed appropriately because they're a good predictor of loss.

When it comes to a game as big as a Super Bowl and plays can go either way, you never want to have that happen. But that's something that you have to live with, as a player or a coach, knowing that it is going to be weighed on a person's judgment. That's why they brought in replay, to try to take away some of the error in judgment by the referees. But you can't go back and fix everything. You really want to make more plays than the other team so you don't have to worry about the referees coming into play.

We feel growing skepticism about a GMAC sale has weighed on GM shares in recent weeks, and today's comments will likely only add to such pressure.

There are some similarities between boxing and skating. Both require power and grace. Physically, boxing is obviously much harder. I weighed between 105-108 pounds when I skated. I will weigh around 120 for my first fight. I just ate a bunch of carbohydrates, which was great, to help gain some weight. I did not lift weights at all.

We have learned that the baby was full-term. She weighed about 7 pounds when she was found. We've also learned she was found inside a brown plastic grocery bag that actually came from K-Mart.

The prompt WTI contract seems the weakest in the international oil index, weighed down by immediate high inventory levels in the United States.

Where Dena was staying weighed very heavily on my mind.

The outside influence in the form of Argentine auction, which matched expectations, helped the market. And tomorrow's futures expiry weighed slightly, as usual.

We became a terrific basketball team. We have had some times when the expectations weighed heavily upon us. As the season wore down, we saw our window of opportunity start to become more limited. The greatest thing we did was we kicked the window out and we made the opportunity for ourselves.

The declines were largely due to lack of confidence. Worries over weak corporate governance, brokers' scandals and an equity oversupply weighed on the bourses.

The decision was made to proceed speedily and appropriately to bring UU4 down, weighed against the alternative of shutting down multiple units, creating significant other risks,

There clearly were years when there was $40 million available. Everyone realizes the need and it has to be weighed against all the other priorities too.

Wall Street fell Friday and prompted some investors to take profits. Sentiment was also weighed down by concerns about further rate increases.

Wall Street's losses overnight weighed on market sentiment.

Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of this world, all things are weighed by the false scale of custom

We want to see maximum movement at the crossings, but that decision has to be weighed next to the very real security threats that there are, ... If we opened every crossing and there were a wave of suicide bombings, then we'd just have to close everything down again.

There is no preordained system of ranking of particular activities. Applications are weighed in total, and we don't privilege any one organization.

Years ago with 650 horsepower cars that weighed 2,600 or 2,700 pounds, it was so different. Now, we have lighter cars with 400 horsepower that take far more finesse to drive.

What made me pick up a guitar? It weighed a lot less than a piano.

UNIVAC: a device, which contained 20,000 vacuum tubes, occupied 1,500 square feet and weighed 40 tons; there was also a laptop version weighing 27 tons.

Vince is a big, strong guy. I sized him up when we were at Disneyland, and he was looking eye to eye at me. He looked like he weighed as much as I did.

What is gratifying is that order inflow is well above expectations. Looking at profits, the quarterly result was very disappointing but high restructuring costs were booked, which weighed on earnings.

Besides a continuous unwinding of short-yen positions, which capped the dollar's rise, last week's weak (U.S.) economic figures that led to a fall in U.S. long-term interest rates also weighed down on the currency. But basically, the market is thin due to Christmas holiday in major countries.

At that point, I was just stressed. I didn't know if Faith was going to make it. They didn't think she weighed even a pound.

I serve the slaves of His slaves; in so many ways, I beg of Him. Setting them upon the scale, I have weighed all comforts and pleasures; without the Lord's Blessed Vision, they are all totally inadequate.

I used to be a very, very heavy weight lifter. I weighed about 210, 215. And I used to put a lot of weight on my back. I squatted over 500 pounds.

The tragedy of 9-11 weighed heavily on him.

The whole thing with the government has not really weighed on this company at all, ... The company has continued to grow itself and sort of change its stripes from a ugly competitor to a more sort of new, friendlier Microsoft.

We weighed in early on in the process, ... It is an important provision for the restaurant industry.

We weighed in early on in the process. It is an important provision for the restaurant industry.

I've planned book tours for myself, whether or not anybody wants to hear what I have to say. I've weighed in on things like what the cover looks like, what the copy looks like, how it's going to be promoted - just every aspect of it.

It weighed exactly what it did when it was fired. There is no evidence that is consistent with this bullet being a ricochet.

We had a record turnout of 290 anglers, and there was 26 fish weighed on the first day, plus there was some fish that weren't weighed in.

We've had a lot going on all year, extracurricular things. I think it weighed everybody down. (On the) first day, it does (feel better). Some guys said it felt better in Florida. They said the feel was better. Hopefully, the attitude will change everything.

To weigh them, you need at least three people at the weigh station, but without weighing them we can get by with just one person. We weighed them in the past, but that was really more of a service to the hunters. It's not part of the data we really need. It doesn't help us much as far as management decisions.

Even if there is a stock draw, unless it is substantially and unexpectedly high, I would not expect prices to go up above $60 as the near-term market is still heavily weighed down by high inventory levels and the warmer weather.

On top of declines in the US overnight, losses on UMC further weighed on the benchmark index.

Despite the likelihood of a conservative outlook, we believe better momentum in the company's growth areas could start to change the 'lack of growth' sentiment that has weighed on the stock.

As in any court proceeding, witnesses are necessary during a trial so that evidence may be thoroughly weighed and tested before a conviction,

Questions surrounding testimony from the key witness in these cases, coupled with recommendations from the Board of Pardons and Paroles, weighed heavily on my final decision,

Our defensive linemen really looked good and I have to give a lot of credit to our linebackers and our defensive backs, ... Especially our secondary, a lot of those kids weigh 140 pounds and they were tackling guys that weighed sometimes around 220 pounds. And they weren't getting dragged, they came out and popped them.

Argentina ... suspended politics for about two years after the crisis. This election ... should be weighed in terms of a return to normality, of picking up the pieces and trying to put them together again.

There are also a couple others that are still hanging out there, where decisions haven't been weighed on,