Heat is in proportion to the want of true knowledge. Laurence Sterne Irish Writer More Laurence Sterne Quotes 4
I have not only Arms but a large proportion of Armourers to make. Eli Whitney American Inventor More Eli Whitney Quotes 1
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. Christian Nestell Bovee American Author More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes 1
The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written. Elizabeth Bowen Irish Novelist More Elizabeth Bowen Quotes 0
One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population. Wendy Craig British Actress More Wendy Craig Quotes 0
Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its resources. Martin van Creveld Israeli Historian More Martin van Creveld Quotes 0
Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster - children into strength and athletic proportion. William C. Bryant American Poet More William C. Bryant Quotes 0
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun. Robert Burton English Writer More Robert Burton Quotes 0
I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other. Judi Dench English Actress More Judi Dench Quotes 0
I fail to understand how you can justify a poll tax on the entire population, yet exclude a significant proportion of that population from programmes that this tax is paying for. Jonathan Dimbleby British Writer More Jonathan Dimbleby Quotes 0
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them. Arthur Conan Doyle British Writer More Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes 0
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 sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject; the form is always in proportion to the obsession. Alberto Giacometti Swiss Sculptor More Alberto Giacometti Quotes 0
It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it. Orlando Gibbons English Composer More Orlando Gibbons Quotes 0
The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo used for food, other things being equal, is the best measure of the material standard of living of a population. Ernst Engel German Economist More Ernst Engel Quotes 0
Everybody has a camcorder now, and they exploit these incidents and blow them all out of proportion. Jim Fowler American Scientist More Jim Fowler Quotes 0
Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking. Margaret Fuller American Critic More Margaret Fuller Quotes 0
There has always been a certain proportion of people who leave the Church on issues of authority and sex. That hasn't changed since we started doing research on it back in the early 1960s. Andrew Greeley American Clergyman More Andrew Greeley Quotes 0
I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read. Jim Harrison American Writer More Jim Harrison Quotes 0
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. Samuel Johnson English Author More Samuel Johnson Quotes 0
Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth. Ernest Hemingway American Novelist More Ernest Hemingway Quotes 0
Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age. Ernest Hemingway American Novelist More Ernest Hemingway Quotes 0
Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings. Paris Hilton American Celebrity More Paris Hilton Quotes 0
People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups. Robyn Hitchcock English Musician More Robyn Hitchcock Quotes 0
A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself. Thomas Kempis German Writer More Thomas Kempis Quotes 0
The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself. John F. Kerry American Politician More John F. Kerry Quotes 0