Nine Times Quotes
87 quotes by 76 authors
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In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.
— George Bancroft
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In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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It's really hard to find things that are worth leaving them for. [Balancing work and motherhood is] really hard. One night in Nashville, my son…
— Gwyneth Paltrow
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In this business if you're good, you're right six times out of ten. You're never going to be right nine times out of ten.
— Peter Lynch
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If you do the best you can, you will find, nine times out of ten, that you have done as well as or better than…
— William Feather
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The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, but the man who makes…
— Dale Carnegie
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I never could do anything with figures, never had any talent for mathematics, never accomplished anything in my efforts at that rugged study, and to-day…
— Mark Twain
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Fears are a complete waste of your time. Nine times out of ten, whatever you're afraid of is not dangerous or life threatening. In fact,…
— Sean Stephenson
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The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business…
— H. L. Mencken
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The plain truth is that the reporter's trade is for young men. Your feet, which do the legwork, are nine times more important than your…
— Joseph Alsop
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Show me a frigid woman and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.
— Julie Burchill
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When you're a kid, nine times out of 10, everthing is pure depending on how you grow up. Everything is new as a kid, so…
— Corey Taylor
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My doctor said I had OCD. I couldn't believe it. I had to call him nine times to make sure.
— Judy Gold
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Nine times out of ten we find reasons for everything going on that aren't paranormal.
— Brian Robertson
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By definition, gay is smart. I see plenty of macho heterosexual idiots, but nine times out of 10 you can have a great conversation if…
— Jason Bateman
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You can follow the action, which gets you good pictures. You can follow your instincts, which will probably get you in trouble. Or, you can…
— Jack Nicholson
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What kind of idea are you? Are you the kind that compromises, does deals, accomodates itself to society, aims to find a niche, to survive;…
— Salman Rushdie
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Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
— Douglas MacArthur
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I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out…
— A. C. Benson
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Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, trying to get it just right. He failed.
— Edward Abbey
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