“I always say perseverance is nine-tenths of any art — not that it's much help to be nine-tenths an artist, of course.”
“Female friendship was one-tenth prevention and nine-tenths cleanup.”
“Nine tenths of education is encouragement.”
“Sacrifice was nine tenths of parenting.”
“A Turkish proverb says the one who speaks truth would be expelled from nine villages. This is true; but there always exist the tenth which embraces the truth! The tenth is the answer of the highness to the lowness!”
“That's the way it is: life includes a lot of empty space. We are one-tenth living tissue, nine-tenths water; life is one-tenth Here and Now, nine-tenths a history lesson. For most of the time the Here and Now is neither now nor here.”