Inverse Proportion Quotes
18 quotes by 16 authors
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In any given society the authority of man over man runs in inverse proportion to the intellectual development of that society.
— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks.
— Don Meyer
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There's an idea I came across a few years ago that I love: My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance and in inverse…
— Michael J. Fox
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The compulsion to take ourselves seriously is in inverse proportion to our creative capacity. When the creative flow dries up, all we have left is…
— Eric Hoffer
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The admiration of another writer’s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style.
— Ann Beattie
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There is usually an inverse proportion between how much something is on your mind and how much it´s getting done!
— David Allen
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People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups.
— Robyn Hitchcock
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I think I should not go far wrong if I asserted that the amount of genuine leisure available in a society is generally in inverse…
— E F Schumacher
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The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die,…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.
— Calvin Trillin
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My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.
— Michael J. Fox
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
— C. Northcote Parkinson
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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
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The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line.
— Charles Edward Montague
Who Wrote These Inverse Proportion Quotes
16 authors contributed a total of 18 Inverse Proportion Quotes as follows: