Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else? Sydney J. Harris American Journalist More Sydney J. Harris Quotes 1
Rounding to the nearest cent is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes. Alexander John Ellis English Writer More Alexander John Ellis Quotes 1
I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life. Jodie Foster American Actress More Jodie Foster Quotes 0
They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per cent human, that we're always letting ourselves down. We're constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment. Stephen Fry British Comedian More Stephen Fry Quotes 0
There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. Franklin P. Adams American Journalist More Franklin P. Adams Quotes 0
I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent. Naomi Campbell British Model More Naomi Campbell Quotes 0
In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent. George Canning English Statesman More George Canning Quotes 0
Because we only feed in the United States less than 1 per cent of the meals, most of them are eaten elsewhere. Most meals are eaten at home. So to make McDonald's the target is not going to solve the problem. Jim Cantalupo American Businessman More Jim Cantalupo Quotes 0
For the 95 per cent whose only means of schooling is the district or the city school, we must provide what we are not now providing, an education that will better fit them for the struggle of life. Arthur Capper American Politician More Arthur Capper Quotes 0
I have only been funny about seventy four per cent of the time. Yes I think that is right. Seventy-four per cent of the time. Will Ferrell American Comedian More Will Ferrell Quotes 0
I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves. Jerry Garcia American Musician More Jerry Garcia Quotes 0
Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent. Steve Irwin Australian Scientist More Steve Irwin Quotes 0
Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents. John C. Ransom More John C. Ransom Quotes 0
Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness. Graham Taylor English Coach More Graham Taylor Quotes 0
Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing. Brenda Ueland American Writer More Brenda Ueland Quotes 0
I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things. Jack Vance American Author More Jack Vance Quotes 0
About 20 per cent of the population believe themselves to have a food allergy and only about five per cent actually do. John Warner American Politician More John Warner Quotes 0
I learnt a lot about myself, I learnt a lot about other people and the problems they have. If I was lucky enough to live to a hundred, how I will feel about two per cent of my life being that way, I don't know. Jeffrey Archer English Politician More Jeffrey Archer Quotes 0
Sixty per cent of people entering prison today are illiterate. Jeffrey Archer English Politician More Jeffrey Archer Quotes 0
At the last census it indicated that about 22 per cent of Australians were born overseas. Julie Bishop Australian Politician More Julie Bishop Quotes 0
I got me a hit record and I ain't never made a cent from it. Patsy Cline American Musician More Patsy Cline Quotes 0
I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were. Hans Blix Swedish Diplomat More Hans Blix Quotes 0
My only regret is that I signed away the world rights and in America they've been far and away my most successful books, but I never saw a cent from any of it. Jonathan Coe English Novelist More Jonathan Coe Quotes 0
I told them, you can succeed - it's not likely the first time, maybe 25 per cent, but you CAN succeed. You can also die. By April 16 they had already been to camp III, well ahead of most teams. Anatoli Boukreev Russian Athlete More Anatoli Boukreev Quotes 0
Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think. Luther Burbank American Environmentalist More Luther Burbank Quotes 0