The compulsion to take ourselves seriously is in inverse proportion to our creative capacity. When the creative flow dries up, all we have left is our importance.    From LearnThat.org.  [Eric Hoffer (1902-1983), American writer & philosopher.]

When the direct approach failed he tried the inverse.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases).    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

I know that reaching out allows reaching inward and the inverse is also true.    From Wordnik.com.  [What I Know For Sure] Reference

Mill therefore recommended what he called the inverse deductive method: he saw his discussion of this method in his.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Stuart Mill] Reference

They seem to be almost in inverse proportion right now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dumb Girl, Dumb Boy - :: gia’s blog ::] Reference

Often their plainness on the plate is in inverse proportion to how good they taste.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hoblutsi and Kugel : The Summer Version] Reference

The inverse is true also: falling interest rates allow for home sale prices to increase.    From Wordnik.com.  [C'ville Real Estate Bubble? at cvillenews.com] Reference

However, my ability to laugh - at others and myself - has increased in inverse proportion.    From Wordnik.com.  [sneer] Reference

A rally above 10790 would complete a short term inverse head and shoulders and favor bulls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Currency Trading News by DailyFX] Reference

The inverse is also true; if trust is low, the leader and organization pay a huge trust tax.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transparency and Trust] Reference

The trouble is Her Majestys pleasure appears to be in inverse proportion to Her Majestys age.    From Wordnik.com.  [It Can’t Be……….. But It Is! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

Eggs Hindemith -- Follow the Eggs Auber recipe, except prepare and cook in inverse retrograde.    From Wordnik.com.  [To Serve Man] Reference

In other words, the rate at which words tend to morph is in inverse proportion to how often they're used.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference

Of course the inverse is true, in that the less important or troubled a cause, the more attention it receives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why journalism matters.] Reference

A cat's interest level will vary in inverse proportion to the amount of effort a human expends in trying to interest him.    From Wordnik.com.  [UFies.org: December 2002 Archives] Reference

The frequency of the use of the word "seriousness" occurs in inverse proportion to the actual seriousness of s/he who uses it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Step Back | ATTACKERMAN] Reference

The inverse is that there is incredible street art out there, such as it showcased on this blog page … utter genius in the works.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVERSE GRAFFITI: Clean Green Street Art | Inhabitat] Reference

I find the wikipedia recent changes gen­eral feed to be use­ful in inverse pro­por­tions to the deli­cious and furl gen­eral feeds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ultimate Zeitgeist « Snarkmarket] Reference

Repukes feign a desire for smaller government while lining their pockets at the expense of those who stand by them in inverse solidarity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » King and Bachmann hatch plan to ‘foment revolution’ with ‘Declaration of Health Care Independence.’] Reference

Sometimes you have a wait a little while for a table, but the food there is fantastic ... though in inverse proportion to its healthiness.    From Wordnik.com.  [later again] Reference

The inverse is proved true here in the states too, towns wich adopt progressive carry-concealed laws experience significant drops in crime.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is That Legal?: Gun Control, Campus Shootings, the Wild West, and Kent State] Reference

… the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.    From Wordnik.com.  [“Work Expands To The Time Allowed” | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

Quite true, but the inverse is a different matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Facetime in the San Francisco Chronicle - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

That thing called the inverse square law really comes into play out past Mars.    From Wordnik.com.  [doggdot.us] Reference

MBH98 utilize a completely different scheme which one might call inverse regression.    From Wordnik.com.  [von Storch et al 2004 in IPCC AR4 « Climate Audit] Reference

Plot the Crabon Denti-factor, that is, the inverse relationship between money and sense.    From Wordnik.com.  [Round and Round: Wheel in the Sky Keeps On Failing] Reference

I like James’ idea, of weapons being issued in inverse proportion to the size of the bobby.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women; Different but Equal (and a little scary) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

This process, called inverse Compton scattering, is a common way of making cosmic gamma rays.    From Wordnik.com.  [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference

This was subsequently diagnosed by a dermatologist, as being part of a condition called inverse psoriasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

To convert the recorded interlaced video back to 23. 976p, one must remove the pad fields by a process called inverse telecine (IVTC).    From Wordnik.com.  [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference

The inverse is true in Boston.    From Wordnik.com.  [The price of convenience.] Reference

I mean obviously the inverse is true.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo Jaquith - McCain’s vetting process fails him again.] Reference

Their "inverse" regression appears to be PArial Lesat?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Juckes and the Esper and Jones CVMs « Climate Audit] Reference

Yet a number of "inverse" ETFs made hefty payouts in December.    From Wordnik.com.  [ETF Investors Expect Tax Hit for Some Funds] Reference

There is a fundamental difference between these "inverse" problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Scenic Shot] Reference

We try now to formulate some kind of inverse to a Bernoulli problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference

One resemblance between the two wars, admittedly, is a kind of inverse one.    From Wordnik.com.  [An American Iliad] Reference

PE (H), to the "inverse" probability of the data conditional on the hypothesis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bayes' Theorem] Reference