There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.

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.

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.

People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups.

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