Quotes of Percent - somelinesforyou

“ Memory: We retain: 10 percent of what we read; 20 percent of what we hear; 30 percent of what we see 50 percent of what we hear and see; 70 percent of what we say; 90 percent of what we say and do. ”

- Unknown

“ Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent. ”

- Unknown

“ Most people live ninety percent in the past, seven percent in the present, and that only leaves three percent for the future. ”

- John Steinbeck

“ I would rather make one percent of a hundred men's efforts than one hundred percent of my own. This way if ten get sick and ten get run over by a truck, I still have eighty percent of my income. ”

- J. Paul Getty

“ We're shooting 100 percent - 60 percent from the field and 40 percent from the free-throw line. ”

- Norm Stewart

“ If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent. ”

- Stew Leonard

“ Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then — we elected them. ”

- Lily Tomlin

“ In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts. ”

- Peter McWilliams

“ Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. ”

- Thomas Edison

“ We use 10 percent of our brains. Imagine how much we could accomplish if we used the other 60 percent. ”

- Ellen DeGeneres

“ Golf is 20 percent mechanics and technique. The other 80 percent is philosophy, humor, tragedy, romance, melodrama, companionship, camaraderie, cussedness, and conversation. ”

- Grantland Rice

“ Ninety percent of all politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. ”

- Henry Kissinger

“ Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental. ”

- Doug Plank

“ An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission. ”

- Fred A. Allen

“ Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them. ”

- Lou Holtz

“ Fifty percent of life in the N.B.A. is sex. The other fifty percent is money. ”

- Dennis Rodman

“ I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty. ”

- Samuel Goldwyn

“ Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don't. ”

- Peter Scotese

“ Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. ”

- Lou Holtz

“ Not too long ago, if you did 75 percent of the things you did right, it was okay. Now, if you don't do 98 percent of those things right, some competitor will eat you for lunch. ”

- John Spoelhof

“ The successful man is prosperous, because he has developed ninety-five percent of his ability. The failure is poor, because only five percent of his natural talents have been utilized. ”

- Charles E. Popplestone

“ Travel is ninety percent anticipation and ten percent recollection. ”

- Edward Streeter

“ When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ You always have to give 100 percent, because if you don't, someone, someplace, will give 100 percent and will beat you when you meet. ”

- Ed Macauley

“ Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just execution. ”

- Hank Aaron

“ We control fifty percent of a relationship. We influence one hundred percent of it. ”

- Barbara Coloroso

“ Error is far more common than fraud which probably comprises 1 percent or a tenth of a percent of the literature. ”

- Walter Gilbert

“ A telephone survey says that 51 percent of college students drink until they pass out at least once a month. The other 49 percent didn't answer the phone. ”

- Craig Kilborn

“ Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. ”

- Henry Kissinger

“ Sixty-three years ago the unemployment figure was 29 percent. Last November it was 28 percent. A rather sad end to one's life. ”

- Harold Macmillan
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