Disproportionate Quotes
53 quotes by 51 authors
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There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.
— Robert Breault
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I believe that Silicon Valley is truly a place of excellence and the impact of this tiny community on the world is completely disproportionate to…
— Jeffrey Skoll
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Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment,…
— Stephen Covey
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Why do we place such a disproportionate emphasis on sporting achievement? Why doesn't success in other fields receive similar attention... Maybe it's because in a…
— Mia Freedman
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I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities.
— Tina Fey
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Asked to make a list of the men who have most dominated the thinking of the modern world, many educated people would name Freud, Einstein,…
— Ernest Van den Haag
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I have done a lot of things outside of Science Fiction, but there has been an almost disproportionate amount of that genre in my body…
— Daniel Dae Kim
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Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries…
— Sandra Day O'Connor
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Lord, let me make a difference for you that is utterly disproportionate to who I am.
— David Brainerd
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Let no one ever shy away from the claim that Jews have power, that Jews have influence. We have learned the terrible lesson of history;…
— Alan Dershowitz
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Those who take action have a disproportionate impact. The power of one is to move many.
— Elizabeth May
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It (land value taxation) guarantees that no one dispossess fellow citizens by obtaining a disproportionate share of what nature provides for humanity.
— William Vickrey
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A Killer Brand exists when an entity derives a disproportionate amount of success in its category because of a compelling and differentiated expectation that comes…
— Frank Lane
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How you look has become ridiculously disproportionate to what you do. Critics are more harsh on female presenters.
— Carol Vorderman
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The cartoonist’s task is not so much to be balanced as to give balance, particularly in situations of disproportionate power relationships such as we see…
— Michael Leunig
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I prefer to record all traumas and save them for later, playing them over and over so they can haunt me for a disproportionate number…
— Sloane Crosley
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There is another way in which the general opinion, that women are inferior to men, is manifested....I allude to the disproportionate value set on the…
— Sarah Moore Grimke
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It is unfair for our hospitals to bear a hugely disproportionate burden for mandated emergency health treatment for illegal aliens.
— Jon Kyl
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The poorest residents of the gulf coast were most affected by the devastating hurricanes, and the poorest Americans have shouldered a disproportionate share of the…
— Marty Meehan
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All calls for justice require that victims feel avenged, and revenge is never just if it’s disproportionate.
— Thane Rosenbaum
Who Wrote These Disproportionate Quotes
51 authors contributed a total of 53 Disproportionate Quotes, led by these top contributors: