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A modern building should derive its architectural significance solely from the vigour and consequence of its own organic proportions. It must be true to itself,… — Walter Gropius
What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense. — Mark Twain
It is one of history's ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions. — Henry A. Kissinger
Man's music is seen as a means of restoring the soul, as well as confused and discordant bodily afflictions, to the harmonic proportions that it… — Plato
Architect's designs must refer to the unquestionable perfection of the body's symmetry and proportions. If a building is to create a sense of eurythmia, it… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmounious proportions to produce a creative intelligence. — John F. Kennedy
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
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
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
Western science is approaching a paradigm shift of unprecedented proportions, one that will change our concepts of reality and of human nature, bridge the gap… — Stanislav Grof
Every man has a mob self and an individual self, in varying proportions. — D. H. Lawrence
The dimensions of video game characters, even when they're scanned from real people, are beefed up with exaggerated proportions in games like Def Jam: Fight… — Cliff Bleszinski
It is work and personal worth which make a State great both politically and industrially, and in my estimation they are to be found in… — Franklin Knight Lane
I was literally singing to myself on my way home, after the killing. The tension, the desire to kill a woman had built up in… — David Berkowitz
There's no set designer like your own self; you furnish the mise-en-scène, the wardrobe, the physical proportions of the actor, and the setting. Then radio… — Norman Corwin
Violence in our society has reached epidemic proportions. ... Violence in the media for entertainment purposes has been established as a major contributing factor. — Deborah Prothrow-Stith
The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty is truth. True features make the beauty of the face;… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Christ's sacrifice stands in glorious proportions with the work to be done. Nothing else or less would suffice. It is a work supernatural, transacted in… — Horace Bushnell
Insignificant events can take on monumental proportions when your head is full of practically nothing. — Grace Slick
Vegetarianism can easily reach religious proportions. Refraining from meat on moral grounds serves to dignify feelings of guilt toward sad-eyed, furry creatures and substitutes righteousness… — Bill Griffith
Forgiveness isn't always a one-time thing. There are layers of it that need to be recognized in any situation -especially in a marriage. Sometimes we… — Stormie Omartian

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