“What's magical about [bears] is that they just spend one-hundred percent of every minute of every hour of every day being a bear. And a tree-frog spends all of its time being a tree-frog. We spend all our time trying to be somebody else.” TryingHoursTreeMinutesBearsPercentHundredOur TimeFrogs Author:Stephen Fry
“To paraphrase the philosopher Nietzsche, he who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how. I've found that 20 percent of any change is knowing how; but 80 percent is knowing why. If we gather a set of strong enough reasons to change, we can change in a minute something we've failed to change for years.” IfsYearsReasonEnoughMotivationalFoundStrongKnowingMinutesBearsPercentPhilosopherStrong EnoughParaphrase Book:Awaken The Giant Within Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“The L.A. Times reports that al Qaeda terrorists have been traced to Iran, and President Bush is talking tough. In fact he said he will attack the minute he has evidence his approval rating is under 45 percent.” Has BeensSaidFactsPresidentTalkingMinutesPercentEvidenceToughTerroristReportsIranAlsApprovalPresident BushRatingAl QaedaApproval Rating Author:Jay Leno
“Most of the comics that I talk to I've never talked to for more than ten minutes ever. So 95 percent of the time you're really hearing the first conversation between me and that guy on the podcast.” FirstsGuyMinutesTenConversationPercentHearingThat Guy Author:Marc Maron
“I'm an idiot, basically. I don't think that I'm a dumb guy, but I also realise that I have access to about 0.1 percent of the information that I need to have a truly informed opinion about half the stuff I talk about. I'm like that loud guy in the bar, who kind of makes sense for about ten minutes, and then you realise he flunked everything at high school so you just laugh at him.” ThinkingNeedsKindSchoolGuyStuffHalfOpinionLaughingMinutesInformationTenPercentHigh SchoolAccessBarsDumbIdiotMake SenseLoudRealisingDumb GuyInformed Opinions Author:Bill Burr
“Congratulations to Saddam Hussein on being elected to another seven-year term. It was very close. He received 99 percent of the vote, and one percent of the vote went for last-minute candidate Frank Lautenberg.” YearsLastsTermMinutesPercentVoteSevenCandidatesFrankSaddamCongratulationsHusseinSeven YearsLast Minute Author:David Letterman