#proportion

Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to, and violate his real proper nature. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#act #disproportionate #happens #his #inclination

When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#african #african american #african americans #american #community

I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out in disproportionately large numbers and thus exercise a disproportionate influence on the outcome. ↗

— Robert Casey

#am #because #certain #democratic #disproportionate

I think that as is true in this industry, everything gets blown out of proportion because it's more fun for people to read about. It's even more fun to read about if the stories get wilder and wilder. ↗

— Sarah Chalke

#because #blown #even #everything #fun

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#fashion #matter #proportions

The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with revelation, with God, with itself, loses its life, just as the body droops when debarred from the air and the cheering light from heaven. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#air #body #cheering #communication #cut

Although an increasing proportion of the Hispanic population is foreign-born - about half of adults in this group - English proficiency is and should remain a requirement for citizenship. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#although #citizenship #english #group #half

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#american #american revolution #apparent #consequences #events

Sometimes shooting on a smaller scale, as long as things don't blow out of proportion, is very liberating. ↗

— Daniel Craig

#liberating #long #out #proportion #scale

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too. ↗

— James Dean

#disproportion #fault #i #i think #kids