#equivalent

They are the literary equivalent of sequins on an evening dress. ↗

— Stefan Kanfer

#equivalent #evening #literary #sequins

I can do the equivalent of 150 miles per hour and not get stopped. I could quite happily pursue people down the motorway in my helicopter. ↗

— Jay Kay

#down #equivalent #get #happily #helicopter

To call something an 'enhanced interrogation technique' doesn't alter the fact that we thought it was torture when the Japanese used it on American prisoners, we thought it was torture when the North Koreans used it, we thought it was torture when the Soviets used it. You know, it's almost the moral equivalent of saying that rape is an enhanced seduction technique. ↗

— Ted Koppel

#alter #american #call #enhanced #equivalent

Divorce is the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary bypass. ↗

— Mary Kay Blakely

#divorce #equivalent #psychological #triple

One succeeds in obtaining an equivalent production at a lower price by improving the arts, trades and agriculture and by developing the physical and moral qualities of workers, farmers and craftsmen. ↗

— Antoine Lavoisier

#arts #craftsmen #developing #equivalent #farmers

It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill. ↗

— John Gunther

#driving #equivalent #putting #suddenly #uphill

I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it. ↗

— Georgia O'Keeffe

#copy #create #equivalent #felt #had

I will be the Thai equivalent of Eddie the Eagle. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#eddie #equivalent #i #thai #will

I've always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they're basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I'd make for you at home. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#basically #because #equivalents #good #home

I write in freehand equivalents because measuring, to me, takes away from the creative process of cooking. Two turns of the pan with EVOO is about two tablespoons. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#away #because #cooking #creative #creative process