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.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics.

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

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

A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.

And it sends an important message to me because I am sick to death to hear my opponent saying Republicans don't trust me. They do trust me in landslide proportions and they're proving it tonight. We're going to bury that for good.

Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.

There's evidence of a social decline in direct proportion to technology and the industrialization of the motion picture industry.

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.