I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in…

“. . . a sense of humor is a sense of proportion. It is also a sense of delight--delight in noting life has its…

— Anonymous

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed oftwo great qualitiesa sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

— Franklin D Roosevelt

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

If life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense…

— Douglas Adams

Gardening gives one back a sense of proportion about everything - except itself.

— May Sarton

Laughter is a sense of proportion and a power of seeing yourself from the outside.

— Zero Mostel

Without a sense of proportion there can be neither good taste nor genuine intelligence, nor perhaps moral integrity.

— Eric Hoffer

The more we enter our own gifts, the more we feel that sense of proportion. In that sense, I think our life lies in…

— Roger Housden

The fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion.

— Margaret Deland

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“To reflect is to regain a little, lost sense of proportion”

— Salman Rushdie

“Sticklers unite, you have nothing to lose but your sense of proportion, and arguably you didn't have a lot of that to begin with.”

— Lynne Truss

“Preserve a sense of proportion in your attitude to everything that pleases you, and make the most of them while they are at their…

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

If man had a sense of proportion, he would die of shame.

— Anonymous