Increasing Pressure Ratio

Famous quotes containing the words increasing, pressure and/or ratio:

    “[O]ur people are steadily increasing their spending for higher standards of living ... the slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.”
    —Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)

    “By school age, many boys experience pressure to reveal inner feelings as humiliating. They think their mothers are saying to them, “You must be hiding something shameful.” And shucking clams is a snap compared to prying secrets out of a boy who’s decided to “clam up.””
    —Ron Taffel (20th century)

    “Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.”
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)