Proportion Quotes

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I'm not saying [economic] growth is wrong, but throughout the years of growth, many things didn't get better. ... If you look at America, the… — Geoff Mulgan
Cub fans, by consensus, are the best in baseball. Year after year, in good times and (mostly) bad, they turn out in vociferous numbers, sustaining… — Roger Angell
Since we are assured that the all-wise Creator has observed the most exact proportions of number, weight and measure in the make of all things,… — Stephen Hales
There is a certain phase in the life of the aged when the warmth of the heart seems to increase in direct proportion with the… — John Phillips
If Congress sees fit to impose a capitation, or other direct tax, it must be laid in proportion to the census; if Congress determines to… — Salmon P. Chase
My mitochondria comprise a very large proportion of me. I cannot do the calculation, but I suppose there is almost as much of them in… — Lewis Thomas
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender teens are bullied and ostracized in epidemic proportions. It's disgusting, and it must change. — Monica Raymund
Whatever you accomplish in a lifetime will be in direct proportion to the intensity and persistence of your faith — Bob Proctor
This New York thing is being blown out of proportion. Who gives a **** about New York when elephants are being killed? — Lee Ryan
If surface water can be compared with interest income, and non-renewable groundwater with capital, then much of the West was living mainly on interest income.… — Marc Reisner
The duties God requires of us are not in proportion to the strength we possess in ourselves. Rather, they are proportional to the resources available… — John Owen
In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a… — Alberto Giacometti
One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy and only useful as he contributes his influences for the finer callings in… — Milton S. Hershey
Imagination is strong in a man when that particular function of the brain which enables him to observe is roused to activity without any necessary… — Arthur Schopenhauer
What makes me so certain that the natural human lifespan is far in excess of the actual one is this. Among all my autopsies (and… — Hans Selye
I should estimate that in my experience most troubles and most possibilities for improvement add up to the proportions something like this: 94% belongs to… — W. Edwards Deming
But though it cannot be reasonable not to gain happiness for fear of losing it, yet it must be confessed, that in proportion to the… — Samuel Johnson
They have likewise discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve around Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the center of the primary exactly… — Jonathan Swift
Thus far I have explained the phenomena of the heavens and of our sea by the force of gravity, but I have not yet assigned… — Isaac Newton
He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion... no, make that: he - he romanticized it all out of proportion. Yes.… — Woody Allen

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