Tenth Quotes

169 quotes by 148 authors

Nine-tenths of the appeal of pornography is due to the indecent feelings concerning sex which moralists inculcate in the young; the other tenth is physiological,… — Bertrand Russell
In 1998 Harry Reid and I had a very close race. It was less than a tenth of a percentage point. We had a reasonable… — John Ensign
...[T]he Constitution conferred only a few specific powers on the federal government, all others being denied to it (as the Tenth Amendment would make plain).… — Joseph Sobran
...[T]oday's Washington is about as attentive to the Tenth Amendment as the Unitarian Church is to the Book of Revelation. — Joseph Sobran
In 15 years we'll have all the sequence, a list of the genes everyone has in common and those that differ among people. We know… — Walter Gilbert
In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and… — Daley Thompson
For 40 years, the American middle class has been disappearing. Millions of people are working longer hours for lower wages despite a huge increase in… — Lindsey Graham
Should all despair That have revolted wives, the tenth of mankind Would hang themselves. — William Shakespeare
The lie, as a virtue, a principle, is eternal; the lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth Grace,… — Mark Twain
I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of ten are, and… — Theodore Roosevelt
Politics is not worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space. — Will Rogers
One of these days they are going to remove so much of the 'hooey' and the thousands of things the schools have become clogged up… — Will Rogers
If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. — Will Rogers
He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face. — Richard Savage
It costs ten times more to govern us than it used to, and we are not governed one-tenth as good. — Will Rogers
The hardest thing for everyone, for the writer, for the director and certainly for the actors, is not to panic when they're doing a certain… — Ivan Reitman
In becoming a whole person, the grateful leper was healed inside as well as on the outside. That day nine lepers were healed skin deep,… — Merrill J. Bateman
Women do two thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent of… — Barber Conable
Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known… — William Feather
There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive. — B. C. Forbes

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