Comedy Quote by Zero Mostel

Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great…

— Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Sticklers unite, you have nothing to lose but your sense of proportion, and arguably you didn't have a lot of that to begin with.”

— Lynne Truss

“Preserve a sense of proportion in your attitude to everything that pleases you, and make the most of them while they are at their…

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

— Rafael Sabatini

“XVXVI, or 10-5-10-5-1, yielded H-E-H-E-A, which, unless she wanted to show her derisive laughter, made no sense.”

— Laurie R. King

Happiness doesn't require laughter, only well-being and a sense that the world is breaking someone else's heart, not mine.

— Diane Ackerman

“laughter and a sense of humor as a universal index of spiritual development.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

The fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion.

— Margaret Deland

“To reflect is to regain a little, lost sense of proportion”

— Salman Rushdie

Without a sense of proportion there can be neither good taste nor genuine intelligence, nor perhaps moral integrity.

— Eric Hoffer

Gardening gives one back a sense of proportion about everything - except itself.

— May Sarton

“. . . a sense of humor is a sense of proportion. It is also a sense of delight--delight in noting life has its…

— Anonymous

The more we enter our own gifts, the more we feel that sense of proportion. In that sense, I think our life lies in…

— Roger Housden