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“Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.”

People Thinking Dies Five Ten Percent Eighty Willful Ignorance

Author:Thomas A. Edison

“The studying, the books, exams, arguments, theories. The jokes and pints, laughter, kisses and songs. Life was like running, ninety percent sweat and toil, ten per cent joy.”

Book Running Joy Song Study Theory Ten Kissing Laughter Jokes Percent Argument Sweat Cents Toil Ninety Exam Pints

Author:Siobhan Dowd

“There's no "magic secret"; writing is like everything else; ten percent inspiration or talent, and ninety percent hard work. Persistence; keeping at it till you get there. As Agnes de Mille said, it means working every day—bored, tired, weary, or with a fever of a hundred and two.”

Writing Mean Said Two Hard Inspiration Secret Magic Talent Hard Work Ten Percent Hundred Tired Bored Persistence Weary Ninety Fever

Author:Marion Zimmer Bradley

“The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are six, eight, ten, and sometimes twelve percent. But war-time profits - ah! that is another matter - twenty, sixty, one hundred, three hundred, and even eighteen hundred per cent - the sky is the limit.”

Source: War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading

“My approach to cutting spending as president, is to do a ten percent across the board cut of all federal agencies, and then ask each of my new agency heads to find another ten percent by drilling down. That's what you do in business to come up with approximately 20 percent cuts for the first fiscal year budget.”

Years Firsts Asks President Cutting Ten Approach Percent Come Up Spending Budgets Boards Agency Drilling

Author:Herman Cain

“Daughters can spend ten percent more than a man can make in any usual occupation. That’s a law of nature, to be known henceforth as ‘Harshaw’s Law.”

Men Law Known Ten Percent Daughter Occupation Usual Laws Of Nature

Book:Stranger in a Strange Land

Source: Stranger in a Strange Land

“This is ten percent luck, Twenty percent skill, Fifteen percent power of will, Five percent pleasure, Fifty percent pain, and a hundred percent reason to remember the name”

Reason Pain Remember Names Pleasure Five Ten Skills Percent Hundred Twenties Luck Fifty Fifteen Will Power

Author:Mike Shinoda

“A little more money won't do you any good - because daughters can use up ten percent more than a man can make in any normal occupation, regardless of the amount.”

Men Littles Use Amount Ten Normal Percent Daughter Occupation More Money

Book:Stranger in a Strange Land

Source: Stranger in a Strange Land

“Screw-top wine has improved the quality of life by about ten percent, wouldn't you say?”

Quality Ten Percent Wine Screws Quality Of Life

Book:The Pregnant Widow

Source: The Pregnant Widow