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Ninety-nine percent of people are very responsible gun owners. Unfortunately, saying it’s only 1% (who are not) gives no solace to someone who lost somebody senselessly in Buffalo or in one of these mass shootings. – Jeremy Jacobs	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It makes us seem like extremist Democrats, right ? and so Marjorie and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can go join the defund the law enforcement club if they want. Ninety-nine percent of Many Republicans are not on that train. – Dan Crenshaw	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Ninety-nine percent of it dealt with what we attorneys general were unanimous for( and) was within our authority. That was antitrust and privacy issues, one percent of the conversation, bias was discussed. – Jim Hood	Found on CNN 5 years ago
A frequent mistake women make when their partners experience erectile dysfunction is to assume it’s about her, ninety-nine percent of the time it has nothing to do with her. What I hear from my male clients who have experienced ED is that they are, in fact, very turned on by their partners. – Holly Richmond	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
This is your dude, Spike Lee. And you know that I know that you know that the system is rigged! For too long we've given our votes to corporate puppets. Sold the okie doke. Ninety-nine percent of Americans were hurt by the Great Recession of 2008, and many are still recovering, that's why I am officially endorsing my brother, Bernie Sanders. – Spike Lee	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Ninety-nine percent of all legal advice said forget it. Big money always wins, but we honestly believed that nobody can stop you being the artist that you are. They can't take it away from you. They can't take your hands off so you can't use them anymore. It was that ridiculous to us. – Andrew Ainsworth	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It's scary. ninety-nine percent of Muslims are hardworking, good people. – Dawod Dawod	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
What seems ninety nine percent impossible through the prism of your mind, seems absolutely possible through your soul's eyes. Minds have learnt to doubt even your own ability while our souls know simply how to trust. Dissolve your mind if you must, open up to all possibilities through your soul's eyes, MickeyMize. – Mickey Mehta	added by Mickeymized 8 years ago
Every house has been if not destroyed, then damaged, ninety-nine percent of the glazing has been shattered. – Alexander Afendikov	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Ninety-nine percent of us, the Libyan people, want peace and are against war, death, injury and destruction. – Husni Bey	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Ninety-nine percent of the time, we'll see the same colors, but the picture of this dress seems to have tints that hit the sweet spot that's confusing to a lot of people. – Julia Haller	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety nine percent perspiration. – Thomas Edison	added by acronimous 9 years ago
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	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Life is a God-damned, stinking, treacherous game and nine hundred and ninety-nine men out of a thousand are bastards. – Theodore Dreiser, quoting an unnamed newspaper editor	added by anonymous 13 years ago
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. – Albert Einstein, Sc	added by anonymous 13 years ago
All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side. – Anna Jameson	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. – Thomas Alva Edison	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. – Albert Einstein	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Ninety-nine percent of this game is half mental. – Lawrence Peter Berra	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. – George Washington Carver	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion. – Thornton	added by anonymous 14 years ago
He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is to supply wants. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it creates more wants than it supplies. – W. Wirt	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Ninety-nine percent of people are very responsible gun owners. Unfortunately, saying it’s only 1% (who are not) gives no solace to someone who lost somebody senselessly in Buffalo or in one of these mass shootings.

– Jeremy Jacobs

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It makes us seem like extremist Democrats, right ? and so Marjorie and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can go join the defund the law enforcement club if they want. Ninety-nine percent of Many Republicans are not on that train.

– Dan Crenshaw

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Ninety-nine percent of it dealt with what we attorneys general were unanimous for( and) was within our authority. That was antitrust and privacy issues, one percent of the conversation, bias was discussed.

– Jim Hood

Found on CNN
5 years ago

A frequent mistake women make when their partners experience erectile dysfunction is to assume it’s about her, ninety-nine percent of the time it has nothing to do with her. What I hear from my male clients who have experienced ED is that they are, in fact, very turned on by their partners.

– Holly Richmond

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

This is your dude, Spike Lee. And you know that I know that you know that the system is rigged! For too long we've given our votes to corporate puppets. Sold the okie doke. Ninety-nine percent of Americans were hurt by the Great Recession of 2008, and many are still recovering, that's why I am officially endorsing my brother, Bernie Sanders.

– Spike Lee

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Ninety-nine percent of all legal advice said forget it. Big money always wins, but we honestly believed that nobody can stop you being the artist that you are. They can't take it away from you. They can't take your hands off so you can't use them anymore. It was that ridiculous to us.

– Andrew Ainsworth

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It's scary. ninety-nine percent of Muslims are hardworking, good people.

– Dawod Dawod

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

What seems ninety nine percent impossible through the prism of your mind, seems absolutely possible through your soul's eyes. Minds have learnt to doubt even your own ability while our souls know simply how to trust. Dissolve your mind if you must, open up to all possibilities through your soul's eyes, MickeyMize.

– Mickey Mehta

added by Mickeymized
8 years ago

Every house has been if not destroyed, then damaged, ninety-nine percent of the glazing has been shattered.

– Alexander Afendikov

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Ninety-nine percent of us, the Libyan people, want peace and are against war, death, injury and destruction.

– Husni Bey

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Ninety-nine percent of the time, we'll see the same colors, but the picture of this dress seems to have tints that hit the sweet spot that's confusing to a lot of people.

– Julia Haller

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety nine percent perspiration.

– Thomas Edison

added by acronimous
9 years ago

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

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Life is a God-damned, stinking, treacherous game and nine hundred and ninety-nine men out of a thousand are bastards.

– Theodore Dreiser, quoting an unnamed newspaper editor

added by anonymous
13 years ago

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

– Albert Einstein, Sc

added by anonymous
13 years ago

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.

– Anna Jameson

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

– Thomas Alva Edison