“One percent of the nation owns a third of the wealth. The rest of the wealth is distributed in such a way as to turn those in the 99 percent against one another: small property owners against the propertyless, black against white, native-born against foreign-born, intellectuals and professionals against the uneducated and the unskilled. These groups have resented one another and warred against one another with such vehemence and violence as to obscure their common position as sharers of leftovers in a very wealthy country.” WayCountryTurnsNationsBlackBornWealthWhiteCommonViolenceGroupsPositionPercentThirdsPropertyNativeOwnersWealthyObscureUneducatedLeftoversVehemenceEducated And Uneducated Book:A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present Source: A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
“What kind of bank gives back 65 percent-often less-of what you deposit? Indeed, when you compare the services of a bank and an insurance company, common sense suggests something is out of whack.” GivingKindCommonCompanyPercentCommon SenseCompareGiving BackDepositsInsurance Companies Author:Andrew Tobias
“Ninety percent of the people in any group are nice, raised to be polite, and have more in common than not.” PeopleCommonNiceGroupsPercentRaisedPoliteNinety Author:Susan RoAne
“Strokes are categorized as either bleeding into the brain or a blockage in blood supply, known as an ischemic stroke. The latter are overwhelmingly more common, compromising about 87 percent of all stroke events.” CommonBrainKnownBloodEventsPercentCompromiseLatterStrokesBleedingBlockage Author:David Perlmutter
“Depression comes back over time in about 90 percent of people on antidepressants. Studies show that relapses are far less common when people are treated with psychotherapy.” PeopleShowsCommonStudyPercentTreatedPsychotherapyRelapseAntidepressants Author:Irving Kirsch
“All over East Africa-indeed, all over Africa-it is normal for people to walk a kilometer or two or six for water. In more arid areas, people walk even greater distances, and sometimes all they find at the end is a pond slimy with overuse. More than 90 percent of Africans still dig for their water, and waterborne diseases such as typhoid, dysentery, bilharzia, and cholera are common. The bodies of many Africans are a stew of parasites. In some areas the wells are so far below the earth's surface that chains of people are required to pass up the water.” PeopleWellsStillsTwoEndsSometimesBodyEarthWaterWalksCommonGreaterDiseaseNormalSixPercentAreasDistanceEnvironmentalSurfaceEastChainsPondsParasitesStewCholeraEast AfricaTyphoidDysentery Author:Marq de Villiers
“There is some evidence that average wave heights are slowly rising, and that freak waves of eighty or ninety feet are becoming more common. Wave heights off the coast of England have risen an average of 25 percent over the past couple of decades, which converts to a twenty-foot increase in the highest waves over the next half century. One cause may be the tightening of environmental laws, which has reduced the amount of oil flushed into the oceans by oil tankers.” MayPastLawNextCausesWaterCommonHalfFeetCenturyAmountCoupleBecomingOceanHighestPercentEvidenceIncreaseEnglandTwentiesEnvironmentalAverageWaveOilDecadesHeightRisingFreakCoastNinetyEightyRisenOver The PastBecoming More Author:Sebastian Junger
“Because 98 percent of our ideas are not great ideas, or everyone would be a billionaire. So yeah. That's something people have had a lot of experience in: being told our idea is bad or our performance is bad. I think that's the one common thread between all working actors is that they have a pretty thick skin - or you'd like to hope. You're used to rejection, that's for sure.” PeopleThinkingIdeasWould BeUsedActorsCommonPercentSkinsPerformancesYeahRejectionThickThreadGreat IdeaBillionaireThick SkinCommon Threads Author:Dax Shepard
“The same advice my commanding officer at Patrol Squadron 17, Cmdr. Robert J. Quinn, gave me before I was grilled to be given the responsibility to lead a crew of 12 all over the world, ready to stop a Russian submarine preparing to wipe out an American city with a nuclear missile: ‘Always remember that common sense and communication will solve 95 percent of the challenges you face in the Navy and life.” WorldRememberFacesGivenChallengesCommonCitiesResponsibilityAdviceReadyCommunicationPercentSolveNuclearCommon SenseOfficersCrewPreparingNavyWipeMissilesSubmarinesAmerican CitiesQuinnNuclear Missiles Author:Pete Olson
“I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and the remaining ten percent just a fancy lingo for the common sense we have had for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years, if we ever had the guts to read.” IfsYearsCommonTenPercentRegardCommon SenseThirtyFancyFiftyGutsFraudPsychiatryParrotsBunk Author:Raymond Chandler
“The four most common cancers that account for about 80 percent of all cancer deaths are lung, breast, colorectal cancer, and prostate cancer.” CommonFourPercentAccountsCancerBreastsLungsProstateProstate CancerCancer Death Author:Laurie Glimcher
“I believe we can have common sense gun safety measures consistent with the Second Amendment, and, in fact, what I have proposed is supported by 90 percent of the American people and more than 75 percent of responsible gun owners.” PeopleBelieveFactsI BelieveCommonPercentGunResponsibleSafetyCommon SenseConsistentOwnersAmendmentsSecond AmendmentGun OwnersGun Safety Author:Hillary Clinton
“There is one thing that 99 percent of 'failures' and 'successful' folks have in common - they all hate doing the same things. The difference is successful people do them anyway.” PeopleHateDifferencesCommonSuccessfulOne ThingPercentFolksSuccessful People Author:Darren Hardy
“A movement got started for common schools, and by the end of the 19th century, 91 percent of Americans could read and write.” WritingEndsSchoolCommonCenturyMovementPercent19th Century Author:Robert Hass
“There's a misconception about girls accusing people of sexual assault. There's this sense of, Well, she might be lying, she might be telling the truth, it's really a he-said, she-said. But it turns out if you study the cases, something like 97 percent of the cases are actually true. And you think about it common sense - wise: Why would a young girl or a woman bring this attention upon herself? It's nonsensical. It sets up a binary equation where, in fact, if a girl makes that accusation, she's usually not lying about it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsSaidFactsMightYoungLyingTurnsGirlCommonAttentionCasesStudyWisePercentCommon SenseTelling The TruthAssaultEquationsMisconceptionAccusationSexual AssaultBinaryAccusingNonsensicalHe Said She Said Author:Jon Shenk
“I think Common Core is a disaster. That doesn't mean there can't be a little tentacle left of the Department of Education, like 5 percent, just in terms of local coordination, perhaps.” ThinkingMeanLittlesLeftTermCommonPercentCoreDisasterLocalsDepartmentCoordinationTentaclesCommon Core Author:Donald Trump
“It's odd about tattoos. I've talked to several hundred men convicted of homicide-multiple homicide, in most cases. The only common denominate- I could find among them was tattoos. A good eighty percent of them were heavily tattooed.” MenCommonCasesPercentHundredOddMultipleTattooEightyHomicideTattooed Author:Truman Capote
“I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver, and I believe we should cut the salaries of senators and congressmen 10 percent until they balance the budget. I call that conservative common sense.” ShouldBelieveProblemI BelieveCommonCuttingBalancePoliticianPercentConservativeCommon SenseBudgetsSenatorsSalaryCongressmanProblem Solvers Author:Herman Cain
“As sisters, they probably have closer to 99 percent in common, but they’re not about to recognize that. They’d rather fight over what kind of pet they’re going to get … It’s an argument for its own sake.” KindFightingCommonPercentArgumentSakePet Book:Every Day Source: Every Day
“It's only in the finer points that it gets complicated and contentious, the inability to realize that no matter what our religion or gender or race or geographic background, we all have about 98 percent in common with each other.... For whatever reason, we like to focus on the 2 percent that's different, and most of the conflict in the world comes from that.” WorldDifferentMatterReasonRealizingCommonRaceFocusConflictPercentNo Matter WhatComplicatedGenderBackgroundsInabilityContentious Book:Every Day Source: Every Day