It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities of life… — John Boyd Orr Copy Share Image
If one sins against the laws of proportion and gives something too big to something too small to carry it - too… — Plato Copy Share Image
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
All jobs are created in direct proportion to the amount of capital employed. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
As to adultery, let it be held disgraceful, in general, for any man or woman to be found in any way unfaithful… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
ONLY in the release of the seen do you lay hold on the unseen, My little one. Heaven waits for those who… — Frances J Roberts Copy Share Image
I was literally singing to myself on my way home, after the killing. The tension, the desire to kill a woman had… — David Berkowitz Copy Share Image
Many will be busied in taking away from a thing, which will grow in proportion as it is diminished. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
The computer is the way I'm making books, but I still think about the physical properties. I visualize the length of a… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
Psychologists have found that we are more likely, in looking back at our lives, to remember high points and dramatic shifts in… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
Christ's sacrifice stands in glorious proportions with the work to be done. Nothing else or less would suffice. It is a work… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Listen: People are always saying, 'Rickey says Rickey.' But it's been blown way out of proportion. People might catch me, when they… — Rickey Henderson Copy Share Image
Sometimes arguments get publicized so much that it gets blown all the hell out of proportion. — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
Your success will be in direct proportion to how you spend your ‘free’ time. — Mike Dunlap Copy Share Image
Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is vile. But singling out Israel for opprobrium and international sanction out of all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The secret of architectural excellence is to translate the proportions of a dachshund into bricks, mortar and marble. — Christopher Wren Copy Share Image
Prayers are heard in heaven in proportion to our faith. Little faith gets very great mercies, but great faith still greater. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
It would be wrong of me to suppose that just because I can form private mental images, that everyone can. As Francis… — David Berman Copy Share Image
It will be well to advert to the proportion between the objects that will require a federal provision in respect to revenue;… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Mathematics is a dangerous profession; an appreciable proportion of us go mad. — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
Man has become a superman ... because he not only disposes oinnate, physical forces, but because he is in command ... olatent… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
We're a trading nation. We need to have trade, we rely on it, a vast proportion of our jobs in our country… — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
