#proportion

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. ↗

— William Bligh

#application #considering #her #i #much

Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. ↗

— Orlando Bloom

#failure #fiasco #mythic #proportions #simply

Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#changes #direct #direct proportion #dissatisfaction #never

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#comforting #disproportion #only #reflect #seems

Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. ↗

— Michael Korda

#degree #desire #directly #directly proportional #face

Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs. ↗

— Henry Villard

#body #broad #chest #disproportion #douglas

I just try and surround myself, for the biggest proportion of time that I can, with people who make me feel normal, because constantly feeling abnormal is quite difficult. ↗

— Emma Watson

#because #biggest #constantly #difficult #feel

One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion. ↗

— Max Weber

#feeling #passion #politician #proportion #qualities

Well, the Empire State was about 40' high in the studio. King Kong was a little model about 2' high, and the scenery that he worked in was in proportion to his size. ↗

— Fay Wray

#empire #empire state #high #his #king

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#dangerous #degree #error #more #proportion