There has been a long-term decline with the proportion of adults and children registered with a dentist falling for the best part of 15 years. We are getting a lot of feedback from dentists saying that the new contract is the last straw and that they are thinking of closing their doors to NHS patients. Steve Webb More Steve Webb Quotes 14
Heat is in proportion to the want of true knowledge. Laurence Sterne Irish Writer More Laurence Sterne Quotes 4
I have not only Arms but a large proportion of Armourers to make. Eli Whitney American Inventor More Eli Whitney Quotes 2
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. Christian Nestell Bovee American Author More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes 1
One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population. Wendy Craig British Actress More Wendy Craig Quotes 0
Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its resources. Martin van Creveld Israeli Historian More Martin van Creveld Quotes 0
Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster - children into strength and athletic proportion. William C. Bryant American Poet More William C. Bryant Quotes 0
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun. Robert Burton English Writer More Robert Burton Quotes 0
I fail to understand how you can justify a poll tax on the entire population, yet exclude a significant proportion of that population from programmes that this tax is paying for. Jonathan Dimbleby British Writer More Jonathan Dimbleby Quotes 0
Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking. Margaret Fuller American Critic More Margaret Fuller Quotes 0
There has always been a certain proportion of people who leave the Church on issues of authority and sex. That hasn't changed since we started doing research on it back in the early 1960s. Andrew Greeley American Clergyman More Andrew Greeley Quotes 0
Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth. Ernest Hemingway American Novelist More Ernest Hemingway Quotes 0
Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age. Ernest Hemingway American Novelist More Ernest Hemingway Quotes 0
Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings. Paris Hilton American Celebrity More Paris Hilton Quotes 0
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. Robyn Hitchcock English Musician More Robyn Hitchcock Quotes 0
Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes. Douglas Horton American Clergyman More Douglas Horton Quotes 0
Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy. Julia Ward Howe American Activist More Julia Ward Howe Quotes 0
In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently, the British artisan labours at a disadvantage in proportion to the higher rate of his food. Joseph Hume Scottish Scientist More Joseph Hume Quotes 0
The concentration and reciprocal effect of industry and agriculture conjoin in a growth of productive powers, which increases more in geometrical than in arithmetical proportion. Friedrich List German Economist More Friedrich List Quotes 0
Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number of scientists was a tiny proportion of what it is now. James Lovelock English Scientist More James Lovelock Quotes 0
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. Vince Lombardi American Coach More Vince Lombardi Quotes 0
We don't know what proportion of public funds is regularly lost to collusion and corruption. Is it 25 per cent? 30 per cent? We do know that a portion of these public funds are feeding organized crime. Pauline Marois Canadian Politician More Pauline Marois Quotes 0
Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it. Orison Swett Marden American Writer More Orison Swett Marden Quotes 0
The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives. Armistead Maupin American Novelist More Armistead Maupin Quotes 0
The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion of qualities to each other. George H. Mead American Philosopher More George H. Mead Quotes 0