“I pick up Dylan. He certainly takes after his father: about three-quarters of his body weight seems to be head, and three-quarters of that is ears.”
“It's six o'clock; my drink is at the three-quarter mark - three-quarters down not three-quarters up - and the night begins.("New York Blues")”
“You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters”
“How old are you? Twelve?""Fourteen & three quarters."His eyes sparkled. "You're kind of little for fourteen and three quarters.""Am not," I replied indignantly. "I'm a sophomore this year. How old are you?" "Seventeen and two fifths."Hardy Cateses & Liberty Jones.”
“Do you know that I have undergone three quarters of this labour entirely for the sake of the fourth quarter?”
“Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.”