Inverse Quotes

54 Inverse quotes by 49 unique authors

There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's… — Lena Headey
Cancel me not - for what then shall remain? Abscissas, some mantissas, modules, modes, A root or two, a torus and a node: The inverse… — Stanislaw Lem
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. — Michael J. Fox
The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved. — Aldous Huxley
Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held. — Aldous Huxley
The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the… — C. Northcote Parkinson
I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price… — Bill Veeck
There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are… — Molly Ivins
Sometimes I think that the amount of time you live on earth is just an inverse reflection of how good you were in a previous… — Chuck Klosterman
It was a distorted form of inverse logic: If hopes never come true, then hope for what you don't want. — Amy Tan
We know, for instance, that there is a direct, inverse relationship between frequency of family meals and social problems. Bluntly stated, members of families who… — Anthony Bourdain
The true nature of bureaucracy may be nowhere more obvious to the observer than in a developing country, for only there will it still be… — Alain de Botton
People who hold important positions in society are commonly labelled "somebodies," and their inverse "nobodies"-both of which are, of course, nonsensical descriptors, for we are… — Alain de Botton
I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and… — Arthur Schopenhauer
A big silvery janitor. Penny, this can’t be how the universe works.” “In the Order we call it ‘inverse profundity.’ We’ve observed it in any… — Lev Grossman
The amount of violations of human rights in a country is always an inverse function of the amount of complaints about human rights violations heard… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions. — Jodi Picoult
Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions, inside the walls of a hospital... Doubt is like dye. Once is spreads into the fabric of excuses… — Jodi Picoult
Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an… — Dennis Prager
What is really desired, under the name of riches, is essentially, power over men ... this power ... is in direct proportion to the poverty… — John Ruskin
Now of the difficulties bound up with the public in which we doctors work, I hesitate to speak in a mixed audience. Common sense in… — William Osler
Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. — C. Northcote Parkinson
The quality of food is in inverse proportion to a dining room's altitude, especially atop bank and hotel buildings (airplanes are an extreme example). — Bryan Miller
Inverse paranoia of believing everything is for the greater good helps the human spirit face and welcome lifes turbulent changes cheerfully. — Suman Rai
There is a perfect inverse ratio mathematically between something that you desire and to get it. Don't desire so much for not having disappointment. — Unknown Author

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