“As a matter of fact, I am an uncle. I have nine nephews and nieces. I'm not sure if they think I'm all that quick with a quip. But I'm quick with a spank.” IfsThinkingMatterFactsNineNot SureUnclesMatter Of FactNephewNieceQuipNiece And Nephew Author:Dean Norris
“Priscilla and I, and nine others, had been charged with 'disturbing the peace,' among other charges, because we tried to order food at Woolworth. If not for segregation, and the fact that we were all Negroes, we would have been served without incident. At our trial on March 17, 1960, Judge John Rudd ruled that our lawyers should 'get off that race question.'” IfsShouldHas BeensFactsOrderRaceJudgingLawyerNineTrialsMarchSegregationDisturbing1960sIncidents Book:Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights Source: Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights
“Severe isn't a word normally associated with a cold. Severe is for weather or third-degree burns...No one responds 'severe' when someone asks how her cold is.In fact, nine out of ten Americans respond to 'How's your cold' with 'It sucks.' So there should be an It Sucks cold formula.” ShouldFactsAsksColdTenDegreesThirdsNineWeatherFormulasSevere Author:Celia Rivenbark
“It certainly is an embarrassing fact, then, for certain classical scholars to have to face, that the Platonic Academy continued to function in Athens for over nine hundred years.” YearsFactsFacesCertainHundredFunctionNineScholarEmbarrassingAcademyAthensPlatonic Author:Robert K. G. Temple