Quotes by Ratios Do poets have any insight into what's the right ratio? I doubt it, but I think that they can be awake to what the ends are. Robert Hass ratiosdoubtthinking People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect. Samuel Butler ratiosluckypeople The ideal ratio is one computer to every five students; we are nowhere close to that percentage in a lot of schools in America. Spencer Abraham ratiosamericaschool Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. Tacitus ratiosqualityleader Renunciation is the background of all religious thought wherever it be, and you will always find that as this idea of renunciation lessens, the more will the senses creep into the field of religion, and spirituality will decrease in the same ratio. Swami Vivekananda ratiosreligiousideas A promise is binding in the inverse ratio of the numbers to whom it is made. Thomas de Quincey ratiosnumberspromise Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state. Thomas Malthus ratiospopulationmen Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio. Thomas Malthus subsistenceratiosincrease Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases. Thomas Carlyle decreaseratiosincrease Just in ratio as knowledge increases, faith diminishes. Thomas Carlyle ratiosincreaseknowledge Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more. William Blake ratiosatheismstatistics A reader should be able to identify a column without its byline or funny little picture on top purely by look or feel, or its turgidity ratio. William Safire ratioslittleslooks Writing improves in direct ratio to the things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there. William Zinsser ratiosdirectwriting People with higher ratios of positive to negative emotions are more likely to flourish in life. Ziad K. Abdelnour ratiospeoplenegative Photographers talk about their shoot ratio. Like four to one, six to one, ten to one! Whatever, I'm, like, seven billion to one. It is just ridiculous. But sometimes if you can hit it just right and get everything out of the way, something will resonate on multiple levels. Zoe Leonard ratiosfourlevels«123
