Measurement Quotes

Anything you try to quantify can be divided into any number of "anythings," or become the thing - the unit - itself. And what is any number, itself, but just another unit of measurement? What is a 'six' but two 'threes', or three 'twos'...half a 'twelve', or just six 'ones' - which are what? (attrib: F.L. Vanderson)

Mort W. Lumsden

The measures themselves are easily distorted to suit reporting purposes.

Love should never be too much or too less, yet it cannot be measured.

Rizi Dame C. Briz

If organizations measure the input to the strategy implementation, but not the output, it’s a recipe for disaster.

Pearl Zhu

Every line is the perfect length if you don't measure it.

The innovation indicators vary depending on who is doing the measuring, and how they are measuring. It’s contextual.

Pearl Zhu