Sentence examples for defy quantification from inspiring English sources

Dr. Daily acknowledges that certain properties of nature defy quantification.

Certainly, some fielding matters will defy quantification, like Derek Jeter's famous grab-and-flip to catcher Jorge Posada that saved a game in the 2001 playoffs.

The kind of growth that makes the work congregations do interesting often eludes the people doing the evaluation because those kinds of growth defy quantification.

Many educational outcomes defy quantification because, done well, great teaching and learning enlarge intellect beyond the rote regurgitation of facts on bubble sheets, shape perspectives on the human condition, illuminate ethics and values, promote research and exploration to discover new knowledge that can actually change the way people live, communicate and thrive.

We measure inequality in numbers — quintiles, average and median incomes, percentages of national wealth, unemployment statistics, economic growth rates — but the damage it is doing to our national life today defies quantification.

By Mark Singer Lama Pema and Salman Rushdie This is what was heard at one time: the Supreme Buddha, serene in his bottomless wisdom, finding himself on the High Line, the elevated greenway in Chelsea, on a brisk, bright spring Saturday, stood directly beneath the Standard Hotel, whose über-ness defied quantification, smiled cryptically, and said this to his followers... Wait, scratch that, rewind.

This is what was heard at one time: the Supreme Buddha, serene in his bottomless wisdom, finding himself on the High Line, the elevated greenway in Chelsea, on a brisk, bright spring Saturday, stood directly beneath the Standard Hotel, whose über-ness defied quantification, smiled cryptically, and said this to his followers... Wait, scratch that, rewind.

Despite my propensity to measure and stick an error bar on most anything, I've come to the conclusion that finding happiness in a career absolutely defies quantification.