Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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As quoted in The Other 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (1984) by Robert ByrneHenry Kissinger
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Everyone recognized that only five percent of all the people born ever amount to anything at all. Everyone humbly thanked his providential stars that through his own personal efforts and merit he had become one of the superior five percent. Everyone looked with pity and contempt upon the ninety-five percent who did not share his grace.
Mark Clifton
It's about two percent movie-making and ninety-eight percent hustling. It's no way to spend a life.
Orson Welles
What a betrayal of man's dignity. He uses the highest gift, his mind, only ten percent, and his emotions and instincts ninety percent.
Albert Einstein
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas Alva Edison
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