Percent Quotes - page 11

When you do a piece of journalism, you may have to cut away 95 percent of what you are experiencing. (Leslie Cockburn)
Some 43 percent of voters in union households voted for President Bush in 2004, according to exit poll data. View quote
Linda Chavez
Less than 8 percent of private sector workers belonged to a union in 2004, and, overall, only 12.5 percent of American workers carry a union card - down from about one-third of workers in labor's heydays in the 1950s. View quote
Linda Chavez
With 3 percent of the world's resources and 25 percent of the world's demand, it is pretty obvious this country cannot drill its way to energy security. View quote
Lois Capps
A Harris poll I've seen says only 12 percent of the electorate names taxes as one of the most important issues facing the nation. Voters put tax cuts dead last, behind education, Social Security, health care, Medicare and poverty. View quote
Lane Evans
Playing shortstop is 75 to 80 percent anticipation, knowing the hitter and the pitch being thrown. View quote
Lou Boudreau
I watch a lot of TV. That's how I spend most of my time outside of work. If I had more time, I would fill it 100 percent with watching TV. View quote
Luis von Ahn
It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music. View quote
Lee Konitz
Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent. View quote
Lee Majors
Golf is played between the ears and if you are not 100 percent focused on what you are trying to do, then people will go past you no matter who you are. View quote
Lee Westwood
Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement. (Maggie Gallagher)
The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost. View quote
Mara Liasson
I've always been more in control of my professional life than my personal life. Although I'm a strong woman, when I fall in love I just give myself 100 percent. I become secondary. View quote
Maria Conchita Alonso
According to the Small Business Administration, more than 70 percent of all family businesses do not survive through the second generation, and 8 percent do not make it to a third. View quote
Kit Bond
When American producers see my film, they think that I had a big budget to do it, like 23 million. But in fact I had 10 percent of that budget. I did Mars et Avril for only 2.3 million. View quote
Martin Villeneuve
Forty-five percent of Iraqi citizens think it is morally okay to attack American troops. View quote
Marty Meehan
Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier. View quote
Marty Meehan
Girlfriend and 100 Percent Fun were my two peeks, around '92 and '96. The reality is that the times I had the most media success, sold lots of records and played bigger shows, I had the least control of my own life. View quote
Matthew Sweet
Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame. View quote
Meg Greenfield
Today, nuclear power provides 20 percent of power in the United States. View quote
Michael Burgess
Estimates show that small businesses contribute 60-80 percent of the net new jobs annually. (Michael K. Simpson)
Less than 1 percent of the patients treated are alive at the end of five years. View quote
Michael Landon
'Cause I can make more money going in and doing my recordings and selling them through my entities that I have, rather than going to a record co. and them release a record and pay me 5 percent of what they make off it. View quote
Mickey Gilley
Despite the administration's long public information campaign, for many months polls have consistently indicated only 37 percent of those eligible for Medicare say they only partially understand the program. View quote
Mike Fitzpatrick
That's what music has always been to me: a feel. I've listened to the Stones many times and it still makes me have that feeling of joy every time. They are still around and put on a really exciting show. We also give it 120 percent. View quote
Mike McCready