Disproportionate Quotes

53 quotes by 51 authors

Americans cannot maintain their essential faith in government if there are two Americas, in which the private sector's work subsidizes the disproportionate benefits of this… — Mortimer Zuckerman
I have been an "Official" all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true official manner, which is highly… — William Allingham
The fear we throw about danger is always as disproportionate as a paternal shirt on an infant. — Austin O'Malley
Right now the producers of 'Modern Family' have no idea how many people watch our show each week on all platforms, and nobody seems to… — Steven Levitan
Together they [President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger] pursued ends that frequently had a tenuous link with reality, using means that were not merely disproportionate but… — William Shawcross
Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to,… — Joseph Butler
In my view what you can't argue for is a system that is neither decisive nor proportional and can be indecisive and disproportionate at the… — William Hague
I have a whole iPod full of exceptionally bad music, truly awful stuff including a disproportionate number of one hit wonders from the early '80s… — Lauren Weisberger
Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from… — Barney Frank
I have a disproportionate amount of faith in the goodness of the world and that everything will actually work out okay. — Sloane Crosley
Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders - not… — Daniel Kahneman
Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness. — James McAvoy
I have had many more close women friends than men, and I've always assumed that comes from the fact that in my family there was… — Salman Rushdie
To be Biblically balanced is to let our theology and preaching be proportioned by the Bible's radically disproportionate focus on God's saving love for sinners… — Tullian Tchividjian
Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected. Every war constitutes an irony of situation because its means are so melodramatically disproportionate… — Paul Fussell
The gardener had a dread of small women; he'd always imagined them to have an anger disproportionate to their size. — John Irving
Can human nature ever be wholly and radically transformed? Can the man whom God made good be made wicked by man? Can the soul be… — Victor Hugo
Indeed, ask every man separately whether he thinks it laudable and worthy of a man of this age to hold a position from which he… — Leo Tolstoy
the great lack of parity between husbands and wives has always been spawned by the disproportionate degree of self-sacrifice that women are willing to make… — Elizabeth Gilbert
There was often a great deal of grown-up fuss that seemed disproportionate to causes. — John Wyndham

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