Child Quote by Zadie Smith

Nine-tenths of all existing books are nonsense.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Possession is nine-tenths of the law.

— Anonymous

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

— Anatole France

“Obsessions are nine tenths of my flaws.”

— Atticus

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

— Horace Walpole

“Life is one-tenth Here and Now, nine-tenths a history lesson. For most of the time, the Here and Now is neither now nor here.”

— Robert Scheinfeld

“Jefferson offered a simpler plan: Adopt the Spanish dollar. But with a twist. Rather than splitting it into eighths and sixteenths or twelfths and…

— John Bemelmans Marciano

“Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find somebody’s hand and squeeze it, while there’s time. ”

— Dale Dauten

Nine-tenths of human law is about possession.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I always say perseverance is nine-tenths of any art — not that it's much help to be nine-tenths an artist, of course.

— Peter S. Beagle

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

— Francis Marion Crawford