--- title: "10 Percent Adults Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Percent Adults quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Percent Adults sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/tara-parker-pope-73328_quote_about-15-percent-of-adults-are-having-ha_925324.jpg" --- > [“About 15 percent of adults are having half of all sexual encounters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-parker-pope/about-15-percent-of-adults-are-having-half-of-all-sexual-encounters/) [Tara Parker-Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-parker-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/tara-parker-pope-73328_quote_about-15-percent-of-adults-are-having-ha_925324.jpg) > [Only three percent of adults have written goals, and everyone else works for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-tracy/only-three-percent-of-adults-have-written-goals-and-everyone-else/) [Brian Tracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-tracy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/brian-tracy-216_adults_only-three-percent-of-adults-have-writte_2120786.jpg) > [Only 1 to 2 percent of adults have a real food allergy. This gluten thing is a... whatever. It's not an allergy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harley-pasternak/only-1-to-2-percent-of-adults-have-a-real-food-allergy-this-gluten/) [Harley Pasternak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harley-pasternak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/harley-pasternak-5369_food_only-1-to-2-percent-of-adults-have-a-rea_2275613.png) > [“However, research now shows that less than 50 percent of adults and children with reported cases of Lyme disease exhibit the EM rash.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-singleton/however-research-now-shows-that-less-than-50-percent-of-adults-and/) [Kenneth Singleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-singleton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/kenneth-singleton-37125_children_however-research-now-shows-that-less-tha_1477111.jpg) > [According to a new survey, 40 percent of adults in Mexico say they would move to the United States if they got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conan-o-brien/according-to-a-new-survey-40-percent-of-adults-in-mexico-say-they/) [Conan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conan-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/conan-o-brien-540_adults_according-to-a-new-survey-40-percent-of_399724.png) > [ “You might discover that, nationwide, America's food banks are experiencing 'a torrent of need which \[they\] cannot meet' and that, according to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ehrenreich/you-might-discover-that-nationwide-america-s-food-banks-are/) [Barbara Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ehrenreich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/barbara-ehrenreich-1204_food_you-might-discover-that-nationwide-ameri_237473.jpg) > [Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-tomlin/ninety-eight-percent-of-the-adults-in-this-country-are-decent/) [Lily Tomlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-tomlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/lily-tomlin-3278_americans_ninety-eight-percent-of-the-adults-in-th_1299324.png) > [Amazingly, only 15 percent of U.S. adults engage in regular vigorous physical activity, and 60 percent report getting effectively no exercise at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-zane-pilzer/amazingly-only-15-percent-of-u-s-adults-engage-in-regular-vigorous/) [Paul Zane Pilzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-zane-pilzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/paul-zane-pilzer-14828_activity_amazingly-only-15-percent-of-u-s-adults_2751983.jpg) > [“Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-tomlin/ninety-eight-percent-of-the-adults-in-this-country-are-decent-hard/) [Lily Tomlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-tomlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/lily-tomlin-3278_americans_ninety-eight-percent-of-the-adults-in-th_587325.jpg) > [The fact is in a city like Chicago, for example, unemployment in the black community is around 20 percent for adults, 35…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/the-fact-is-in-a-city-like-chicago-for-example-unemployment-in-the/) [Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/jesse-jackson-1161_adults_the-fact-is-in-a-city-like-chicago-for-e_669724.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/percent-adults/#itemlist", "name": "Percent Adults Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“About 15 percent of adults are having half of all sexual encounters.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tara Parker-Pope" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-parker-pope/about-15-percent-of-adults-are-having-half-of-all-sexual-encounters/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/tara-parker-pope-73328_quote_about-15-percent-of-adults-are-having-ha_925324.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/tara-parker-pope-73328_quote_about-15-percent-of-adults-are-having-ha_925324.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/tara-parker-pope-73328_quote_about-15-percent-of-adults-are-having-ha_925324.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“About 15 percent of adults are having half of all sexual encounters.” — Tara Parker-Pope", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Only three percent of adults have written goals, and everyone else works for them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brian Tracy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-tracy/only-three-percent-of-adults-have-written-goals-and-everyone-else/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/brian-tracy-216_adults_only-three-percent-of-adults-have-writte_2120786.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/brian-tracy-216_adults_only-three-percent-of-adults-have-writte_2120786.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/brian-tracy-216_adults_only-three-percent-of-adults-have-writte_2120786.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Only three percent of adults have written goals, and everyone else works for them.” — Brian Tracy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Only 1 to 2 percent of adults have a real food allergy. 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