A Quote by Lane Kirkland

The usefulness of a meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.

Lane Kirkland

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Attendance Inverse Meeting Proportion Usefulness

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Lane Kirkland
American - Activist
Born: March 12, 1922

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

Michael J. Fox

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 proportion to my expectations. That's the key for me. If I can accept the truth of 'This is what I'm facing - not what can I expect but what I am experiencing now' - then I have all this freedom to do other things.

Michael J. Fox

I would suggest that excellence occurs in direct proportion to necessary suffering, but in inverse proportion to unnecessary suffering or toxic stress. Connection is the best antidote to unnecessary suffering.

Edward Hallowell

What is really desired, under the name of riches, is essentially, power over men ... this power ... is in direct proportion to the poverty of the men over whom it is exercised, and in inverse proportion to the number of persons who are as rich as ourselves.

John Ruskin

The admiration of another writer’s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style.

Ann Beattie

The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks.

Don Meyer

At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.

Calvin Trillin

Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

C. Northcote Parkinson

I don't burden myself too much with others' expectations - or even my own expectations. I think your happiness grows in direct proportion to your acceptance, and in inverse proportion to your expectations. It's just a matter of putting one foot in front of the other - or doing the next right thing, so to speak.

Michael J. Fox

Why do people benefit in inverse proportion to their need? Well, market incentives make that happen.

Bill Gates

A politicians willingness to listen to good advice rises in inverse proportion to how badly he thinks he is doing.

Patrick Caddell

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 of the seats.

Bill Veeck

The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duty from the front line.

Charles Edward Montague

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

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).