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Gauge Quotes

On reading a room, a market, or yourself.

These gauge quotes describe authors trying to sense what the public actually wants and observers reading shifting moods in a formal setting. For more on perception, see our Feel quotes.

Every author believes that the book which he is placing before the public will 'fill a long-felt want,' and success or failure depends very much on how closely he has been able to gauge the nature of the 'long-felt want.'

Quotes by Will C. Barnes

It feels like an easy sum to gauge the balance between forests and, say, the proliferating free newspapers that litter our public transport. This noxious combination of words and paper represents a clear-cut crime against the biosphere.

Quotes by Tristram Stuart

I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of what definitely works. And the only gauge that I can go by is, 'This makes me...

Quotes by Taran Killam

I had more or less abandoned the idea of an electroweak gauge theory during the period 1961-1970. Of the several reasons for this, one was the failure of my naive foray into renormalizability.

Quotes by Sheldon Lee Glashow

Balance Quotes

I like Las Vegas because it kind of gives me a chance to gauge my material in front of a very diverse group of people. There are a lot of different people in the audience, and you can kind of...

Quotes by Sebastian Maniscalco

It's important for people to figure out their own lives before involving someone else - to gauge where you are and work on your own issues.

Quotes by Scarlett Johansson

Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?

Quotes by Saint Bernard

Well, gauge theory is very fundamental to our understanding of physical forces these days. But they are also dependent on a mathematical idea, which has been around for longer than gauge theory has.

Quotes by Roger Penrose

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

Quotes by Ramana Maharshi

Failure Quotes

It is often quite impossible to gauge the mood of the Chamber in advance, particularly on big occasions. One moment, it is relaxed and good-humoured; at the next, it can be angry and querulous, and the House in this mood...

Quotes by Nicholas Soames

Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it - oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing - but it's basically just nosiness. It also helps me gauge where I'm at: Am I normal?

Quotes by Mindy Kaling

Sometimes you can gauge the excitement of the rest of the band. If I'm bringing a song in and they're excited, then I'll hold on to that one. But there are times where it's like, 'Eh, I don't really like...

Quotes by Matthew Ramsey

Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images.

Quotes by Lance Loud

All my life, I've been very aware of my body. I have always used it as a gauge of things. When I look at a person, and I see their body, that's the beginning of knowledge about them. Furthermore, I...

Quotes by John Edgar Wideman

Feel Quotes

We grew up with a different gauge on what pop is. Pop for us was INXS and John Farnham.

Quotes by Jessica Origliasso

Success has a lot to do with luck, but it also involves a lot of real hard work. The thing about success is you really can't gauge things by album sales.

Quotes by Jerry Cantrell

Before YouTube, I used to show videos at film festivals, and that was good and constructive. Watching things with an audience is a great way to gauge - it's pretty clear what's working in comedy when there's a joke and...

Quotes by Jason Woliner

I love when a song is conceived as a jigsaw puzzle in the studio, and then it's a natural to play live. That's my gauge of success for a song.

Quotes by Jamie Hince

I was left £50 when I was ten by a fairly distant cousin, which my father invested in GEC shares on my behalf. I became interested in the market and was given some more shares by my father, which is...

Quotes by Jacob Rees-Mogg

Good Quotes

I think, basically, if you talk to anybody, you can gauge an idea of what it's like to feel deceived. You don't have to have run into a con artist to feel like you've been deceived by someone.

Quotes by Inbar Lavi

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'gauge' mean across these quotes?
Judging public taste as an author, weighing environmental trade-offs, reading the mood of a room, and checking in on one's own state of mind.
Is publishing discussed in this topic?
Yes, one quote reflects on how an author's success often depends on correctly judging what readers want.
Do any quotes touch on environmental trade-offs?
Yes, one weighs how many trees are used against the volume of free newspapers people discard.
Is reading a room's mood part of this topic?
Yes, one describes how unpredictable it can be to judge the atmosphere of a chamber or gathering in advance.
How does this relate to Feel quotes?
Gauge quotes focus on assessing and measuring something, while Feel quotes center on emotional experience itself.

Others use the word for environmental trade-offs or quiet self-reflection gained by observing others. Browse our Balance and Good quotes for more.