Quotes by Metric System Nobody in the United States knows what either a "meter" or a "kilogram" is. The whole reason why we fought the Cold War was so we wouldn't have to learn the metric system. Dave Barry metric-system metrics war The most lasting and universal consequence of the French revolution is the metric system Eric Hobsbawm metric-system metrics revolution I don't understand why a 40 is a quarter of beer when a 40 is 40 ounces. It's time to embrace the metric system. Greg Gutfeld metric-system metrics beer Of course Evil's afoot. If it had switched to the metric system it'd be up to a meter by now. Jim Butcher metric-system metrics evil I'm not familiar with the metric system. Patton Oswalt metric-system metrics familiar God invented man, and man invented the metric system. Salvador Dali metric-system metrics men