“Nobody wants to look like a fool. Nine times out of ten, thatreason alone keeps people from allowing themselves to believe.”
“People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time, that peak experience, is what people want. That's what can move the world. That's art.”
“I had always believed, and not only out of cynicism, that a man and a woman could tell in the first ten minutes whether they wanted to go to bed together; and that the time that passed after those first ten minutes represented a tax, which might be worth paying if the article promised to be really enjoyable, but which nine times out of ten became rapidly excessive.”
“Nine out of ten significant people have to do with money or war!”
“Million-to-one chances...crop up nine times out of ten.”
“Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.”