“Being ninety-five percent sure isn't a hundred.”

“Ninety-five percent of people who walk the earth are simply inert. One percent are saints, and one percent are assholes. The other three percent are people who do what they say they can do.”

“Ninety-eight percent of what goes on in people's heads is none of their smucking business.”

“He could not even kid himself that everything had not been up front, because it had been. And he hadn’t even done it alone. There were currently ninety-five other fools in this parade.”

“They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?”

“You know," Glen Bateman said, looking out toward Grand Junction in the early light of morning, "I've heard the saying 'That sucks' for years without really being sure of what it meant. Now I think I know.”

“Battles that last five minutes spawn legends that live a thousand years.”