Proportion Quotes

837 quotes by 618 authors

Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people. — Thomas Jefferson
A man is skillful at woodraft just in proportion as he approaches this balance. Knowing the wilderness can be comfortable when a less experienced man… — Stewart Edward White
I have a mathematical certainty that the future will confirm my assertion that aerial warfare will be the most important element in future wars, and… — Giulio Douhet
In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence.… — David Hume
I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice I'm likely to have. She was beautiful, amusing, a tremendous elaborator… — Andrew Motion
We cannot, without depraving our minds, endeavour to please a lover or husband, but in proportion as he pleases us. — Mary Wollstonecraft
The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every long word that could… — William Zinsser
Existence permeates sexuality and vice versa, so that it is impossible to determine, in a given decision or action, the proportion of sexual to other… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
The admiration of another writerâ€™s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style. — Ann Beattie
If global warming is not contained, the West will face a choice of a refugee crisis of unimaginable proportions, or direct complicity in crimes against… — George Monbiot
A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its height but its… — George Gershwin
A considerable proportion of the developed world's prosperity rests on paying the lowest possible prices for the poor countries' primary products and on exporting high-cost… — Philip Agee
Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified. — Maggie Gallagher
The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts. — George Muller
Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was… — Joseph Addison
Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn… — Arne Jacobsen
The primary factor is proportions. — Arne Jacobsen
A large proportion of mankind, like pigeons and partridges, on reaching maturity, having passed through a period of playfulness or promiscuity, establish what they hope… — C. D. Darlington
One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population. — Wendy Craig

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