Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.[Dave Barry] Quote:In the counsels of Government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the Military Industrial Complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.[Dwight Eisenhower] Quote:Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing. [Dave Barry] Quote:Force without wisdom falls of its own weight. [Horace] Quote:A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience. [John Updike] Definitions of: weightDefinition: The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.Definition: The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds. Definition: Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business. Definition: Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight. Definition: A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight. Definition: A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight. Definition: A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight. Definition: The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it. |
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