Nine-Tenths Quotes
- To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. — Francis Marion Crawford
- Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth. — Horace Walpole
- I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to… — Tom Cruise
- Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. — Benjamin Disraeli
- Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. — Kin Hubbard
- Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the… — T.E. Lawrence
- Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem. — John Lennon
- Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. — C.S. Lewis
- Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time. — Theodore Roosevelt
- Nine-tenths of our suffering is caused by others not thinking so much of us as we think they ought. — Mary Lyon