Top 275 Ounce Quotes & Sayings

An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

God does not weigh criminality in our scales. We have one absolute, with the seal of authority upon it; and with us an ounce is an ounce, and a pound a pound. God's measure is the heart of the offender,--a balance which varies with every one of us, a balance so delicate that a tear cast in the other side may make the weight of error kick the beam.

In a thousand pound of Law there's not an ounce of love.

My character on 'Veep' doesn't have an ounce of rebellion.

When the vain speaker has sat down, and the people say 'what a good speech,' it still takes an ounce to balance an ounce.

An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

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.

The most I've smoked in a day was over an ounce, in Germany.

You can have manic-depression without having an ounce of creativity.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

Know the difference between Giant and Jumbo? Between two-ounce and a big two-ounce? Between a quart and a full quart? What's a tall 24-inch? What does Extra Long mean? Who's kidding who?

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of good intentions.

The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper money (of whose value, as noted, they are right to be fearful). Gold, however, has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative. True, gold has some industrial and decorative utility, but the demand for these purposes is both limited and incapable of soaking up new production. Meanwhile, if you own one ounce of gold for an eternity, you will still own one ounce at its end.

Traditional education focuses on teaching, not learning. It incorrectly assumes that for every ounce of teaching there is an ounce of learning by those who are taught. However, most of what we learn before, during, and after attending schools is learned without its being taught to us. A child learns such fundamental things as how to walk, talk, eat, dress, and so on without being taught these things. Adults learn most of what they use at work or at leisure while at work or leisure. Most of what is taught in classroom settings is forgotten, and much or what is remembered is irrelevant.

An ounce of sequins can be worth a pound of home cooking.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure understated.

Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in; Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold... 'T is heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking; There is no price set on the lavish summer, And June may be had by the poorest comer.

I haven't put an ounce of effort into my families. I never have.

Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.

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.

An ounce of gold is an ounce of gold, whether it consists of guineas, sovereigns or eagles.

If you're dining with someone who wants the same cut, it's always better to get a 16-ounce steak and split it than to order two eight-ounce steaks. The longer something cooks, the more flavor it develops, so you'll get a better taste with a bigger piece of meat.

Ounce for ounce, herbs and spices have more antioxidants than any other food group.

An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.

A New York City judge struck down a proposed law to ban sodas larger than 16 ounces. I think Mayor Bloomberg should spend his time trying to improve stuff like education. New York needs a better education system if kids didn't figure out they could get around the 16-ounce soda ban by simply purchasing two 12-ounce sodas.

I said, I'll put on weight. And I started having massages, taking cod-liver oil, and eating twice as much. But I didn't even gain an ounce. I'd made up my mind that on the day the engagement was announced I'd be fatter, and I didn't gain an ounce. Then I went to Mussoorie, which is a health resort, and I ignored the doctors' instructions; I invented my own regime and gained weight. Just the opposite of what I'd like now. Now I have the problem of keeping slim. Still I manage. I don't know if you realize I'm a determined woman.

Everyone has 4 ounce gloves on, and they're big boys, and they can throw hard.

Berkshire's whole record has been achieved without paying one ounce of attention to the efficient market theory in its hard form. And not one ounce of attention to the descendants of that idea, which came out of academic economics and went into corporate finance and morphed into such obscenities as the capital asset pricing model, which we also paid no attention to. I think you'd have to believe in the tooth fairy to believe that you could easily outperform the market by seven-percentage points per annum just by investing in high volatility stocks.

An ounce of convention is worth a pound of explanation.

One ounce of practice is worth a thousand pounds of theory.

A pound of worry won't pay an ounce of debt.

An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness.

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.

An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance

An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!

I have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition.

An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.

A ton of regret never makes an ounce of difference.

It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of 'variations'.

An ounce of doing things is worth a pound of theorizing.

Success goes thus invariably with a certain plus or positive power: an ounce of power must balance an ounce of weight.

When the U.S. government stops wasting our resources by trying to maintain the price of gold, its price will sink to...$6 an ounce rather than the current $35 an ounce.

The only thing I'd like to see is to give fighters an option to wear a small headguard, a one-ounce headguard. Some fighters might not want that option. But you know - you're training all the time, you're boxing all the time, and you've got a headguard on, you're using big gloves, and you're getting hit. And you observe that your face is better protected that way. Now they're doing it with ten-ounce gloves and no headguard. I think if they have a one-ounce headguard on to protect some of those brain cells in the head, it would be beneficial to the fighter.

An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

You can have manic depression without having an ounce of creativity

A ton of Proust isn’t worth an ounce of Ray Bradbury.

There always comes, I think, a sort of peak in suffering at which either you win over your pain or your pain wins over you, according as to whether you can, or cannot, call up that extra ounce of endurance that helps you to break through the circle of yourself and do the hitherto impossible. That extra ounce carries you through 'le dernier quart d' heure.' Psychologist have a name for it, I believe. Christians call it the Grace of God.

A quart of doubt to an ounce of truth is the safest brew.

An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words.

An ounce of emotion is equal to a ton of facts.

In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love.

An ounce of practice is better than tons of theory.

At the devil's booth are all things sold. Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.

They call Ray Robinson the best fighter, pound for pound. I'm the best fighter, ounce for ounce.

An ounce of algebra is worth a ton of verbal argument.

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.

An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.