Percentiles Quotes & Sayings

After a few days in hospital, I was thinking, Oh, gee - I raised in a church, Protestant upbringing which I'd rejected as an adult - I'm lying in bed thinking, Hmmm, maybe I ought to pray. They always say there are no atheists in a foxhole ... and I thought, Here I am in a pretty good-sized foxhole ... and I thought Naahhh. I wouldn't respect any God who would listen to me after I'd rejected him so vociferously. — Chuck Close

Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th' ligislachure, baptizes th' young, marries th' foolish, comforts th' afflicted, afflicts th' comfortable, buries th' dead an' roasts thim aftherward. — Finley Peter Dunne

That fallacy flies in the face of studies that show, every day, in every way, things are getting a little worse for America's minorities relative to the progress made by those in the top percentiles of assets and income. — Harold Washington

I was the first guy to join the band with Hendrix. — Noel Redding

If one day you see a ghost somewhere, you must know that it is your own mind! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I read a whole bunch of bits and pieces over the years, obviously from the fan magazines and the rest of the stuff, and I just wanted to give a little more insight into what's happening in my personal life. — Davy Jones

Maybe the only thing that matters is to make our lives last as long as we do. You know, to make a life last until it ends, to make all the parts come out even, like when you rub the last piece of bread in the last drop of oil on your plate and eat it with the last sip of wine in your glass. — Marlena De Blasi

Shutting your eyes to reality does not keep you in the dark, it makes you a monster. — Darnell Lamont Walker

Jana!" my husband's shrill tone hit me just as I smashed in the second taillight. "Oh, my God! Are you insane?" I — Carmen DeSousa

I cannot, in my old age, live off pieces of my youth. — Peter Biskind

Dear young people, pray with me for peace in the world. — Pope Francis

Thank you to the readers of the 'Huffington Post' for voting me the 'Hottest Freshman' of the 111th Congress. It's about time politicians from Illinois were known for something other than bad haircuts or having the ability to walk on water. — Aaron Schock

I respect those who openly advocate for unlimited immigration to the United States. Open borders is an intellectually coherent, defensible position. — Jan C. Ting