Proportional Quotes
112 quotes by 108 authors
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In every animal which has not passed the limit of its development, a more frequent and continuous use of any organ gradually strengthens, develops and…
— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley proportional to its size, and…
— John Playfair
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Every thing in human character goes to wreck, under the reign of procrastination, while prompt action gives to all things a corresponding and proportional life…
— William Alcott
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The powers of a man's mind are directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drank.
— James Mackintosh
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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…
— Michael Korda
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The importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability.
— Jerry Pournelle
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A player's ability to rebound is inversely proportional to the distance between where he was born and the nearest railroad tracks. The greater distance you…
— Pete Carril
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The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they…
— George Washington
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That which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste.
— William Hazlitt
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The elegance of a mathematical theorem is directly proportional to the number of independent ideas one can see in the theorem and inversely proportional to…
— George Polya
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I wish that one would be persuaded that psychological experiments, especially those on the complex functions, are not improved [by large studies]; the statistical method…
— Alfred Binet
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The vehemence with which a person denies the existence of the serial bully is directly proportional to the congruence of the person's behaviour with that…
— Tim Field
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The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.
— Stephen Covey
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The responsibility which rests upon man is proportional to the ability which he possesses and the opportunity which he faces. Perhaps that responsibility is no…
— Kirtley F. Mather
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Notice the small things. The rewards are inversely proportional.
— Liz Vassey
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No matter how slick the demo is in rehearsal, when you do it in front of a live audience, the probability of a flawless presentation…
— Mark Gibbs
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It may well be that an analysis of figures would reveal a law - the duration of a marriage is inversely proportional to the cost…
— Michael Foley
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The number of rooms in a fictional house should be inversely proportional to the years during which the couple living in that house enjoyed true…
— George Saunders
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The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.â€â€œThe better we get at getting better, the faster we…
— Douglas Engelbart
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Resistance is directly proportional to love. If you’re feeling massive Resistance, the good news is, it means there’s tremendous love there too. If you didn’t…
— Steven Pressfield
Who Wrote These Proportional Quotes
108 authors contributed a total of 112 Proportional Quotes, led by these top contributors: