#portion

The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses. ↗

— Lowell Thomas

#credit #given #man #out #possesses

I actually think it's harder to play vulnerability, because you're having to delve deeper into portions of your own psyche, what it is that makes you human. ↗

— Ron Perlman

#because #deeper #delve #harder #having

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#definite #does #exactly #exist #function

A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth. ↗

— Will Rogers

#hurts #proportion #remark #truth

The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion of qualities to each other. ↗

— George H. Mead

#each #face #other #proportion #qualities

He showed in the last interview, as on the later portions of the chart, a genuine fondness for the rabbit. ↗

— Mary C. Jones

#fondness #genuine #interview #last #later

Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets out of proportion and you lose touch completely with reality. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#completely #gets #god #i #i think

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#between #desires #enjoyments #every #every man

In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be. ↗

— Ben Jonson

#just #life #may #measures #perfect

A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#draws #himself #hindered #man #outward