A Quote by Lane Kirkland

The usefulness of any meeting is inversely proportional to the size of the group.

Lane Kirkland

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Any Group Meeting Proportional Size Usefulness

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Lane Kirkland
American - Activist
Born: March 12, 1922

The appropriate length of a name is inversely proportional to the size of its scope.

Mark Jason Dominus

The size of the promised paycheck is inversely proportional to the likelihood of surviving to collect it.

Howard Tayler

I sometimes think that the size of our happiness is inversely proportional to the size of our house.

Gregory David Roberts

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 the effort it takes to see them.

George Polya

In any decision situation, the amount of relevant information available is inversely proportional to the importance of the decision.

Paul Dickson

Appealingness is inversely proportional to attainability.

John Updike

Notice the small things. The rewards are inversely proportional.

Liz Vassey

Peace and prosperity are inversely proportional to the level of taxation.

John Pugsley

In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.

Neil Armstrong

Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available

Gregory Benford

The payoff of a human venture is, in general, inversely proportional to what it is expected to be.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

Leon Trotsky

Time is a resource whose supply is inversely proportional to its demand.

Craig Bruce

It may well be that an analysis of figures would reveal a law - the duration of a marriage is inversely proportional to the cost of the wedding. Or, to put it another way, any union celebrated with personalized toasting flutes is doomed.