#portion

The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#between #carry #considerable #importance #matter

Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind. ↗

— Paul Bert

#leave #march #modern #morality #proportion

Time is a resource whose supply is inversely proportional to its demand. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#inversely #proportional #resource #supply #time

When France resolved, along with England, to lend assistance in the legitimate defense of Poland, the realization burst on us that a conflict of awesome proportions was inevitable. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#assistance #awesome #burst #conflict #defense

A true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of our acts are the result of sudden impulse and accident than of that reason of which we so much boast. ↗

— Peter Cooper

#acts #boast #events #far #history

One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population. ↗

— Wendy Craig

#being #children #classroom #every #four

I represent Staten Island and Brooklyn, and not just that the financial services industry is important to the U.S., but is disproportionately important to New York City. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#city #disproportionately #financial #financial services #i

September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11. ↗

— Bill Frist

#daily #daily lives #devote #duty #ensuring

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem. ↗

— John Galsworthy

#direct proportion #distance #idealism #increases #problem

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#proportion #realised #sense