Portion

Famous quotes containing the word portion:

“A certain portion of the human race
Has certainly a taste for being diddled.”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

“Our kids will develop a work ethic only if we require them to pay a portion of the cost of some of the things they want. They’ll learn to defer gratification the moment we stop routinely pulling out our wallets. And they’ll learn self-discipline only if we care enough to enforce reasonable limits.”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)

“Pharisaism is not a degeneration in a good man: a large portion of it is rather the condition of all being-good.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)