Ratio Quotes

117 Ratio quotes by 109 unique authors

[P]opulation, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio. ... [T]he means of subsistence, under circumstances the most… — Thomas Malthus
About five years ago, the courses we run in the Field Trials were 52 percent timber. The hawks live in trees, and the quail nest… — Rick Carlisle
For each ecstatic instant We must an anguish pay In keen and quivering ratio To the ecstasy. — Emily Dickinson
Some directors, like Stevens [George Stevens], shoot full circle, 360 degrees, and that's what's right for them. I generally shoot at about a seven to… — Elia Kazan
The spiral in a snail's shell is the same mathematically as the spiral in the Milky Way galaxy, and it's also the same mathematically as… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
And what we were trying to offer every day was one-on-one attention. The goal was to have a one-to-one ratio with every one of these… — Dave Eggers
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
Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio. — Thomas Malthus
Britain is a textbook case of how growing inequality leads to economic crisis. The years before the crash were marked by a sharp rise in… — Frances O'Grady
There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard… — Bonnie Raitt
We all get as miserable as Erika M. Andersen sometimes, but we rarely approach her musical-ideas-per-miserable-minute ratio. — Rob Sheffield
Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it. — Georg Simmel
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I… — Daniel Tammet
There's always the same amount of good luck and bad luck in the world. If one person doesn't get the bad luck, somebody else will… — Tom Robbins
Behind every man now alive stand thirty ghosts, for that is the ratio by which the dead outnumber the living. — Arthur C. Clarke
Water, water, water....There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly the right amount , a perfect ratio of water to rock, water… — Edward Abbey
I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not… — Banana Yoshimoto
Above the comforts of Base Camp, the expedition in fact became an almost Calvinistic undertaking. The ratio of misery to pleasure was greater by an… — Jon Krakauer
Last year in the U.S. alone more than nine hundred thousand people were reported missing and not found... That's out of three hundred million, total… — Jim Butcher
In a lot of scientists, the ratio of wonder to skepticism declines in time. That may be connected with the fact that in some fields-mathematics,… — Carl Sagan
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
I think any student of military strategy would tell you that in order to attack a position, you should have a ratio of approximately 3… — Norman Schwarzkopf
At Reliance Foundation schools, we lay special emphasis on value-based education, sports, and overall development of students. That is why the teacher-students ratio is kept… — Nita Ambani
To know whether stocks are cheap or pricey, we typically look at price-to-earnings ratio. Valuation is a tougher question than many folks realize. — Barry Ritholtz

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