“Seventy percent store-bought, ready-made plus 30 percent fresh allows you to take 100 percent of the credit.” MadeReadyPercentCreditStoresPlusSeventies Author:Sandra Lee
“The polls show that 10 percent of the public are ready to vote for me even though they don't know I'm running. We hope that figure won't drop when they learn I'm in the race.” KnowsShowsRunningRaceFiguresReadyPercentVotePollsAmerican PoliticsVote For Me Author:Eugene McCarthy
“A third of our kids, after we spend more per student than any country in the world other than a couple rounding errors, 30 percent are college- and/or career-ready.” WorldCountryKidsCareersStudentsCollegeReadyCouplePercentThirdsErrors Author:Jeb Bush
“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
“There are companies which are prepared to change the way they work. They realize that nothing can be based on what used to be, that there is a better way. But, 99 percent of companies are not ready, [they are] caught in an industrial Jurassic Park.” WayUsedRealizingCompanyReadyPercentPreparedCaughtUsed To BeParksBetter WaysNot ReadyJurassic Park Author:Ricardo Semler
“Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change.” ThinkingKnowsDoeHas BeensChanceReadyTenJudgmentPercentLikesSenatorsNinetyNot ReadyMccain Author:Barack Obama
“By 2018, an estimated 63 percent of all new U.S. jobs will require workers with an education beyond high school. For our young people to get those jobs, they first need to graduate from high school ready to start a postsecondary education.” PeopleNeedsFirstsSchoolJobsYoungReadyPercentHigh SchoolWorkersGraduatesGraduating High School Author:Bill Gates
“The moot court process in our office when we get ready, we - everybody, including the SG, does two moot courts for each argument. And they are phenomenal, and they predict 90 percent of the questions that I get asked, at least 90 percent.” DoeTwoProcessReadyOfficePercentArgumentCourtIncludingPhenomenal Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“Here in Havana where families make about $20 a month, fewer than 5 percent have Internet in their homes, they are prepared. But it's hard to predict how sweeping this change will be, if the people of Cuba are even ready for it.” PeopleIfsHardHomeReadyMonthsInternetPercentPreparedFewerCubaSweepingHavana Author:David Muir
“Palestinians want a state of their own. They want to live in freedom. They want to get rid of the terrible misery in which they are living. They are ready after fifty years to accept a state of their own in 22 percent of what used to be the country of Palestine. I think it is the height of stupidity on our part if we don't grasp this opportunity.” IfsThinkingWantYearsCountryStatesUsedOpportunityAcceptingReadyTerriblePercentMiseryStupidityUsed To BeHeightFiftyPalestinianPalestine Author:Uri Avnery
“I've been singing for six years. I've been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn't something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn't ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.” YearsWantedVoicePerfectReadySixSingingPercentPressesStudiosProducers Author:Tyra Banks
“All dogs can become aggressive, but the difference between an aggressive Chihuahua and an aggressive pit bull is that the pit bull can do more damage. That's why it's important to make sure you are a hundred percent ready for the responsibility if you own a 'power' breed, like a pit bull, German shepherd, or Rottweiler.” IfsImportantCan DoDifferencesResponsibilityDogReadyPercentHundredDamageAggressiveBullsPitsShepherdsChihuahuaPit BullRottweilersGerman Shepherds Author:Cesar Millan
“The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine are ready to retire, that rate of return will be a negative percentage.” PeopleChildrenYoungSocialSecurityMinesReadyReturnPercentNegativeRateRetirementRetiringSocial SecurityPercentagesYoung Children Author:Paul Ryan
“It was impossible to get the Dimitri and Tasha thing out of my head, but at least packing and getting ready made sure I didn't devote 100 percent of my brain power to him. More like 95 percent.” MadeBrainImpossibleReadyPercentPackingDimitriBrain Power Book:Frostbite: A Vampire Academy Novel Source: Frostbite: A Vampire Academy Novel