#port

Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#agreement #between #building #each #harmony

Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#ever #fight #good #good opportunity #i

Probably the single most important thing about the Nobel Prize for most people is whether they get the coveted parking space on campus. ↗

— Saul Perlmutter

#campus #coveted #get #important #important thing

I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn't have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, 'Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of, and not feeling that I had the talent... and letting it go all the way through Notre Dame and then through two years of Navy service. ↗

— Regis Philbin

#anybody #because #business #confidence #dame

After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that important. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#believe #i #important #like #people

I had a very supportive family environment that gave me room to explore and discover things about myself. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#discover #environment #explore #family #gave

The challenge is high. The stakes are important. I think it's manageable. ↗

— William Hedgcock Webster

#high #i #i think #important #manageable

The reporter asked, "why did you play so hard." "Because there might have been somebody in the stands today who'd never seen my play before, and might never see me again" -Joe DiMaggio ↗

— Joe DiMaggio

#joe-dimaggio #million-dollar-throw #sports #baseball

Cricket is baseball on Valium. ↗

— Robin Williams

#baseball

(Baseball) is a game with a lot of waiting in it; it is a game with increasingly heightened anticipation of increasingly limited action ↗

— John Irving

#sports #baseball