Laura Wasser

Generally, there are no lightning bolts or magical signs that tell you when it is time to get divorced. When the bad starts outweighing the good on a consistent basis, you may feel that taking the next step is appropriate. It is a very personal decision and most likely should be arrived upon with the help of some kind of counseling or support.

American Lawyer

Joe Jamail

The feeling of being accepted and acknowledgement and recognition and fame - I'm vain like everybody else. The feeling of achievement that I've helped the poor or somebody in need far outweighs the money.

American Businessman

Nicholas A. Christakis

The reason we form networks is because the benefits of a connected life outweigh the costs. It's to our advantage as individuals and a species to assemble ourselves in this fashion.

American Scientist

Kina Grannis

The potential success that could come with signing with a major label didn't quite outweigh how important it was for me to make my music the way I knew it needed to be made.

American Musician

Josh Fox

When you have corporate influence on our government outweighing the influence of citizens, that's terrifying. This is something we have to make a big, big noise about.

American Director

Snoop Dogg

In the black culture, certain kids are given nicknames that they roll with forever; the nicknames outweigh their real names. I'm one of those scenarios.

American Rapper

John Slattery

Let's face it, making movies is all risk. Most of the time, batting average-wise, the reward does not outweigh the risk.

American Actor

Anna Kendrick

An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition.

American Actress

Derek Fisher

Life for me outweighs the game of basketball.

American Athlete

Sophocles

Greek Poet

Used when comparing two things to emphasize which is more valuable or important.

Comparative Value

Helpful for expressing the dominant factor that influenced a difficult decision.

Decision Making

Often used in discussions weighing pros and cons, indicating what has more impact.

Pro vs. Con

Refers to actual weight, such as in comparing objects or people.

Literal Weight

Can be used figuratively when talking about groups or teams where one is much stronger.

Figurative Use

Often implies a significant difference, not just slightly heavier or more.

Emphasis on Difference

 But for people who have experienced the hormonal effects of menopause, the higher pitch is countered and outweighed by swollen vocal folds. The folds' increased mass slows their vibrations, resulting in deeper voices. All these symptoms are further complicated by having fewer healthy laryngeal nerve endings,

Why does your voice...

 So, unfortunately for our new friend from the football game, his bad behavior at the game might outweigh his good behavior at the park. Research suggests that this bias occurs because immoral behaviors are more diagnostic, or revealing, of a person's true character.

Should you trust your...

 I used to be against nuclear power. I'm now supporting Stewart's position, softly, from a risk-management standpoint, agreeing that the risks of overheating the planet outweigh the risk of nuclear incident, which certainly is possible and is a very real problem.

Debate: Does the world...

 Many argued against this controversial construction, but others estimated that the lives saved by the dam’s flood protection would outweigh the trauma of displacement. Furthermore, raising the water level upstream would improve the river’s navigability,

Building the world's...

 They've enriched the lives of billions. But they also have rising costs to our security, economy, health and environment that are starting to erode, if not outweigh their benefits. So we need a new fire. And switching from the old fire to the new fire

Amory Lovins: A 40-year...

 time where people really knew for necessity what was happening in the natural world and now we don't have that necessity and the other things that are conveniences in our lives totally outweigh that understanding and possibly we're really missing it

Human-Looking Faces on...

 can be very dangerous for a baby baboon to get caught in the crossfire but for babies especially orphans the pros outweigh the cons the male will not only protect his youngster from rival males but also from predators like lions and

Baboon Parenting PIPE Wild...

 and the adoption of innovation and the spread of product adoption. Now, look at this. I think we form social networks because the benefits of a connected life outweigh the costs. If I was always violent towards you

Nicholas Christakis: The...

 because we think the benefit outweighs the risk. Because we've built unnatural plants, unnatural animals, we can feed about seven billion people. We can do things like create new life-forms.

We can reprogram life....

 is outweighed by the importance of this problem for understanding memory processes and the abuse of memory that is going on in some places in the world. Well, to my surprise,

Outweigh