The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage.
Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number of scientists was a tiny proportion of what it is now.
I love draping; it's less about proportion than fit and the fabric. It's very specialized and I think when women see the construction, they respond to it immediately.
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.
The degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth he can accept about himself without running away.
Modern fanaticism thrives in proportion to the quanitity of contradictions and nonsense it poures down the throats of the gaping multitude, and the jargon and mysticism it offers to their wonder and credulity.
At the end of the day, there are very few people around you who truly want to see you peaceful, happy and content. Most of your friends only want to see you happy, peaceful and content, in ratio to their own happiness, peace and contentment. It's lik...
There was one great tomb more lordly than all the rest; huge it was, and nobly proportioned. On it was but one word, DRACULA.
The increase in value of the world of things is directly proportional to the decrease in value of the human world.
[A]s Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions.
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.
The ability to hurt someone is usually in direct proportion to how much that person cares about you.
Hatred and food were served up in equal proportions at the Connor dining table as he was growing up.
The desired shape your dreams take is directly proportional to the practical presentation of the theoretical skills that you have learnt.
Billions of dreams die off every year. I believe yours will not be part of that proportion if only you are ready to shape them!
There were fourteen steps exactly fourteen. But the top one was smaller, out of proportion, as if it had been added to avoid the evil number.
Preserve a sense of proportion in your attitude to everything that pleases you, and make the most of them while they are at their best.
Your ability to build a successful sales career is in direct proportion to the quality and quantity of service you render on a daily basis.
Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.
Success is directly proportional to the degree of realization of the purpose.
