...human beings are 90 percent chimp and 10 percent bee.

“We humans have a dual nature—we are selfish primates who long to be a part of something larger and nobler than ourselves. We are…

— Jonathan Haidt

“To the question of whether sharing 96% of our genetic make-up with chimps makes us 96 percent chimp; we also share about 50% of…

— Steve Jones

Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it……

— Melchor Lim

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.

— Lou Holtz

This industry is 90 percent business, 10 percent talent.

— Pitbull

“He said that how people treat you is only 10 percent about you and 90 percent about them, so you need to be careful…

— Katherine Reay

Man, I live out 90 percent of my songs and the other 10 percent... once in a while, I'll put myself in someone else's…

— Hank Williams III

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

— Thomas Alva Edison

Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion.

— Tina Fey

I am not a monster. I'm not all bad. Maybe 10 percent. I think I'm 90 percent good.

— John McEnroe

90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

— Colin Powell

“Life is 10 percent circumstance and 90 percent how we deal with it.”

— Michael Durrant

“In life, never spend more than 10 percent of your time on the problem, and spend at least 90 percent of your time on…

— Anthony Robbins

“Ideally, only 10 percent of Taijiquan movement is expressed externally, as 90 percent of the true functioning occurs internally and is unseen by others.”

— Stuart Alve Olson

I've found the 90-10 rule to be pretty true: 90 percent of what I come up with and write down is kinda 'eh,' and…

— Hasan Minhaj