A Quote by H. L. Mencken

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

H. L. Mencken

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Nine Out Right Ten Times

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H. L. Mencken
American - Writer
September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956

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 of ten it is wrong.

A. C. Benson

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

The interests of the employers and the employed are the same nine times out of ten-I will even say ninety-nine times out of ten.

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

The lesson is: Even if you know exactly what is going on in you system, measure performance, don't speculate. You'll learn something, and nine times out of ten, it won't be that you were right!!

Ron Jeffries

Nine out of ten Americans believe that out of ten people, one person will always disagree with the other nine!

Colin Mochrie

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

George Bernard Shaw

When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint - understand what he is trying to do - nine times out of ten he is trying to do right.

Harry S. Truman

Million-to-one chances...crop up nine times out of ten.

Terry Pratchett

In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.

George Bancroft

Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.

Patricia C. Wrede

Nine times out of ten we find reasons for everything going on that aren't paranormal.

Brian Robertson

The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine times out of a trillion it is much simpler and more effective just to take the thing away and do without it.