“She always dressed well, but he recognized the signs of insecurity; certitude was inversely proportional to the amount of makeup.”

“The number of one's possible fantasies is inversely proportional to the amount of one's liquid assets. For him who has everything dreams are no longer possible.”

“I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it.”

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

“Greatness of individuality is inversely proportional to the mass of the social aggregate.”

“Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.”

“The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it.” – Chloe Traeger”

“Suggestibility varies as the amount of disaggregation, and inversely as the unification of consciousness.”

“The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.”

“She can't help it,' he said. 'She's got the soul of a poet and the emotional makeup of a junkyard dog.”