Proportion Quotes

837 quotes by 618 authors

On my arrival in U.S.S.R. in 1934, I remember that I was struck by the enormous proportion of Jewish functionaries everywhere. In the Press, and… — Denis Fahey
All Jews, however, in proportion as they are one with the leaders and rulers of their race, will oppose the influence of the supernatural Life… — Denis Fahey
Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into… — John Crowe Ransom
I got into animals by drawing hair follicles. I liked drawing hair, and from that I got into feathers and fur, then into images of… — Kiki Smith
We writers don't really think about whether what we write is good or not. It's too much to worry about. We just put the words… — Garrison Keillor
Do a little bit more than average and from that point on our progress multiplies itself out of all proportion to the effort put in. — Paul J. Meyer
Cancer touches every family in one way or another. As other diseases are brought under control, cancer is set to become the number one killer,… — Paul Davies
A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles. — Thomas Sprat
Imagination is more robust in proportion as reasoning power is weak. — Giambattista Vico
I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well as men. Women having to suffer the burdens of society… — Leland Stanford
If someone analyzed your words today, what percentage would be tender, encouraging, uplifting, faith-building, and joyful? Would it match Christ's proportions? — David Jeremiah
The truth... When they have a similar structure to and are organized in as truthful a way as nature. When I look out of the… — Gerhard Richter
The first colour charts were unsystematic. They were based directly on commercial colour samples. They were still related to Pop Art. In the canvases that… — Gerhard Richter
I believe I am looking for rightness. My work has so much to do with reality that I wanted to have a corresponding rightness. That… — Gerhard Richter
The onset of this second movement is characterized by the falling away of self and coming upon "that" which remains when it is gone. But… — Bernadette Roberts
I find in the domestic duck that the bones of the wing weigh less and the bones of the leg more, in proportion to the… — Charles Darwin
So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same,… — Ulysses S. Grant
It is in our interests to let the police and their employers go on believing that the Underground is a conspiracy, because it increases their… — Germaine Greer
It is from this absolute indifference and tranquillity of the mind, that mathematical speculations derive some of the most considerable advantages; because there is nothing… — Edmund Burke
There is a great gulf between the really creative person and normal people. The totally creative person does not have the rest of his life… — Caitlin Thomas

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