Nine Quotes

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Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, trying to get it just right. He failed. — Edward Abbey
The stock market has predicted nine of the last five recessions. — Paul Samuelson
It is a grueling position (catching). My knees will tell you that. I've had nine knee surgeries. I've had a couple of broken thumbs, one… — Gary Carter
Together we knew toil, joy and pain. My fervent wish is that the nine of us who were united in face of death should remain… — Maurice Herzog
In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that when… — P.J. O'Rourke
Technically it was a victory for the British, who attacked the patriot fortifications but a Pyrrhic victory if ever there was: out of 2,200 British… — Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it. — William Feather
Me and Paul (Dean) will probably win forty games (they won forty-nine). — Dizzy Dean
I'm either shooting nine grams of coke a day or spending two hours at the gym. There's no middle ground. — Dave Navarro
Books are like your children. They take nine months to write; the manuscript weighs six pounds and...you send them out into the world and hope… — Edna Buchanan
Out of every hundred new ideas ninety-nine or more will probably be inferior to the traditional responses which they propose to replace. No one man,… — Thomas Sowell
An hour and thirty-one minutes after launch, my pressure altimeter halts at 103,300 feet. At ground control the radar altimeters also have stopped-on readings of… — Joseph Kittinger
Though my stabilization chute opens at 96,000 feet, I accelerate for 6,000 feet more before hitting a peak of 614 miles an hour, nine-tenths the… — Joseph Kittinger
I slept with my mother until I was nine years old. It was OK for the first few years, and then I don't know what… — Laura Kightlinger
To me, life is like the back nine in golf. Sometimes you play better on the back nine. You may not be stronger, but hopefully… — Clint Eastwood
My ball is in a bunch of fern, A jolly place to be; An angry man is close astern- He waves his club at me.… — A. P. Herbert
I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful. — Harold Ramis
We’ve got ninety-nine per cent the same genes as any other person. We’ve got ninety per cent the same as a chimpanzee. We’ve got thirty… — Caryl Churchill
I don't believe in writing at night because it comes too easily. When I read it in the morning it's not good. I need daylight… — Gunter Grass
Years from now, years and years, one of those ships will bring me back, me and my nine Brazilian brats. Because yes, they must see… — Holly Golightly
This morning about nine I withdrew to the woods for prayer. I was in such anguish that when I arose from my knees I felt… — David Brainerd
You want to play house, you got to have a job. You want to play very nice house, very sweet house, then you got to… — Richard Yates
Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to be watching or… — James Kelman
I have hardly seen my baby for six weeks; have been at the office from nine A.M. to eleven P.M. regularly. — Franklin Knight Lane
A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers… — Christopher Columbus

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