Quotes about One-third

Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation. Votes: 1

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide. Votes: 1

Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated. Votes: 1

Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it. Votes: 1

I got started in Oklahoma. That's where I was born. Population down there is one-third Indians, one-third Negroes and one-third white people. Votes: 1

I like to say, 'I spend one-third of my time in Nigeria, one-third in Europe or America, and one-third on a plane.' Votes: 1

Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program. Votes: 1

One-third of our people were dangerously ill, getting worse hourly, and we felt sure of meeting the same fate, with death as our only prospect, which in such a country was much worse yet. Votes: 1

No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are, you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference. Votes: 1

Less than 8 percent of private sector workers belonged to a union in 2004, and, overall, only 12.5 percent of American workers carry a union card - down from about one-third of workers in labor's heydays in the 1950s. Votes: 1

People see I am a mother and head of a household. Today in Chile, one-third of households are run by women. They wake up, take the children to school, go to work. To them I am hope. Votes: 1

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say. Votes: 1

One-third of all professional baseball players come from Latin America, and Sosa is following role models such as the late Roberto Clemente, a Puerto Rican, from whom he adopted the No. 21. Now he is a model for others. Votes: 1

Modernity has been largely shaped for Jews by three momentous experiences: the acquisition of citizenship by individual Jews in secular nation-states, the destruction of one-third of Jewry in the Holocaust, and the founding of the State of Israel. Votes: 1

One-third of Americans have already been forced to change their lifestyle because their disposable income is gone. A guy can't go to the corner bar after a rough day at work to have a beer, that's gone to oil! Votes: 1

No innovation in the past 200 years has done more to save lives and improve health than the sanitation revolution triggered by invention of the toilet. But it did not go far enough. It only reached one-third of the world. Votes: 1

Europeans forget that one-third of the American people have had a personal conversation with Jesus Christ and that the born-again are not just little old ladies in black but also CEOs and provosts of universities and candidates for office. Votes: 1

The stunning thing about the world as it is, is that we have a tremendously large problem in it: namely, one-third of all human deaths, 80-million every year from poverty-related causes, trivial diseases and so on, and stunningly, nobody is really paying attention to it. Votes: 1

One-third of all female infertility is the result of blocked fallopian tubes. If fertilization could be done in the lab and then the fertilized egg implanted in the womb, it would get around that problem. Millions of women who cannot have children would suddenly be able to. Votes: 1

At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third of the undergraduate student body. It was an experiment to see how high we could bring their level of understanding, and it exceeded all of my expectations. Votes: 1

In 1980, Atari was bringing in around two billion dollars in revenue and Chuck E. Cheese's some five hundred million. I still didn't feel too bad that I had turned down a one-third ownership of Apple - although I was beginning to think it might turn out to be a mistake. Votes: 1

We can still do a stop motion feature for about one-third of what it costs Pixar or DreamWorks or Blue Sky to make a feature. But nobody is interested in a film that cost $50 to 60 million with the potential to do $120 million. They want to risk big money to make huge money. Votes: 1

Each year, thousands of UFOs are sighted and reported, which is an impressive tally of unidentified aerial phenomena. Surveys show that roughly one-third of the populace believes that at least some of this sky show is due to extraterrestrial spacecraft, here to probe our airspace and, when that proves boring, our bodies. Votes: 1

I think it's clear to me that what - when I look at the tea party, it's about one-third Democrat, one-third Republican, one-third independents. But 100 percent of them are sure that the agenda that is taking place in Washington, D.C., is about extremism and is about bankrupting this country and every state within this country. Votes: 1

I endorse a lot of people - sometimes people say I endorse too many books. And my response has always been the same: If I can get one case study that can give me one good idea that I can implement for $25, or for these days one-third of that on Kindle, I've gotten a very good deal. Votes: 1

In the Netherlands - where I come from - you actually never see a pig, which is really strange, because, in a population of 16 million people, we have 12 million pigs. And well, of course, the Dutch can't eat all these pigs. They eat about one-third, and the rest is exported to all kinds of countries in Europe and the rest of the world. Votes: 1

Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third Votes: 0

Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong. Votes: 0

Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong. Votes: 0

I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished. Votes: 0

Football is one-third offense, one-third defense, and one-third special teams. Votes: 0

I will cut all state taxes by at least one third. Votes: 0

One should be embarrassed to speak of God in the third person. Votes: 0

If it's third-and-one, then I'm going in, no ifs or buts about. Votes: 0

U.S. policy toward the third world should be one of depopulation Votes: 0

The world is two thirds spaghetti and meatballs, one third syphilitic chancre. Votes: 0

Two-thirds of my energies go in trying to save one-third for work. Votes: 0

I see one-third of a nation and it can go to hell. Votes: 0

A vacation trip is one-third pleasure, fondly remembered, and two-thirds aggravation, entirely forgotten. Votes: 0

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. Votes: 0

We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry. Votes: 0

One in the third film, I'm looking forward to meeting one of the Dementors. Votes: 0

One of the hardest things in life to accept is a called third strike. Votes: 0

Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another. Votes: 0

Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another. Votes: 0

He [Will Rogers] was America's most complete human document. One-third humor. One-third humanitarian. One-third heart. Votes: 0

Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one. Votes: 0

You're born with two strikes against you, so don't take a third one on your own. Votes: 0

I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning. Votes: 0

Italy is not technically part of the Third World, but no one has told the Italians. Votes: 0

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest. Votes: 0

I was in Graham's office the day he bought GEICO. Warren owns one-third of the stock today. Votes: 0

One of the regime's most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country. Votes: 0

Where one is present, God is the second, and where there are two, God is the third. Votes: 0

Law Number XV: The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems. Votes: 0

It has been estimated that one third of our Western civilization bears the mark of its Jewish ancestry. Votes: 0

That one individual should awaken in another memories that belong to still a third is an obvious paradox. Votes: 0

One man's trash is another man's treasure is a third man's raw materials for their planet-buster earthquake machine. Votes: 0

There are two kinds: one takes the music too fast, and the other too slow. There is no third! Votes: 0

I would do away with Education, Commerce, and let's see - the third one I can't. I can't. Oops. Votes: 0

Congress consists of one-third, more or less, scoundrels; two-thirds, more or less, idiots; and three-thirds, more or less, poltroons. Votes: 0

10:38 AM - Third period. Kaylee has no class this period. I have no one to kill. Coincidence, or fate? Votes: 0

The first Matrix genius, the second one, what's up with the dancing? I haven't even seen the third one. Votes: 0

Portland is quickly becoming one of those lovely, lush Third World countries where kinda-rich people retire with their money. Votes: 0

When two wise men are blaming one another,then time has come for you to be the third one. Votes: 0

And people is the most important part of my job. I spend one third of my time on people. Votes: 0

You're one third bad intentions,one third pure avarice,and one eighth sawdust.What's left,I'll credit,must be brains. Votes: 0

Prescription drug prices are skyrocketing and one-third of all seniors depend on Social Security for at least 90% of their income. Votes: 0

Until Sammy Baugh - pro football in Texas was a one-paragraph story on the third page of the Monday sports section. Votes: 0

That's the great thing about being in the third grade. If you've got one polysyllabic adjective, everyone thinks you're a genius. Votes: 0

Courage is nine-tenths context. What is courageous in one setting can be foolhardy in another and even cowardly in a third. Votes: 0

In the Third World, there are 1.3 billion poor people. In other words, one out of every three inhabitants lives in poverty. Votes: 0

What one generation finds ridiculous, the next accepts; and the third shudders when it looks back on what the first did. Votes: 0

Harrison is very much part of this one, but really it's about finding him; he comes in in the third act. Votes: 0

One final glance back at the hotel. Philias Switchmoat the Third, stepping from the curb and in to a puddle. Disappeared. Votes: 0

There is less leisure now than in the Middle Ages, when one third of the year consisted of holidays and festivals. Votes: 0

A Platonic friendship is perhaps only possible when one or other of the Platonists is in love with a third person. Votes: 0

The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one's self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise Counsel. Votes: 0

You rarely think about just throwing to third base to get one out. That's probably the industry's fault with all of that. Votes: 0

There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses, another which makes, and a third which imitates them. Votes: 0

If I were to write a book about the progress of getting to a third film, it would be a long one. Votes: 0

There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in. Votes: 0

In TV, you may think your character's one thing for two episodes, and then the third episode it could be something different. Votes: 0

I heard one time that the Superman glyph is the second or third most recognizable symbol on Earth after the Christian cross. Votes: 0

When one has shot down one's first, second or third opponent, then one begins to find out how the trick is done. Votes: 0

In a sense it's a one-man show... except there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper. Votes: 0

Are you one who looks on? or lends a hand? - or who looks away, sidles off?...Third question for the conscience. Votes: 0

When the male organ of a man stands erect, two thirds of his intelect go away. And one third of his religion. Votes: 0

...a third [of three] had died in his bunk of natural causes--for a dagger in the heart quite naturally ends one's life. Votes: 0

The choice lies between property on the one hand and slavery, public or private, on the other. There is no third issue. Votes: 0

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry. Votes: 0

Spirit is the third, yet in such a way that one can speak of a synthesis only when the spirit is posited. Votes: 0

I knew Id always be a second-rate academic, and I thought, Well, Id rather be a second-rate novelist or even a third-rate one. Votes: 0

Law Number V: One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output. Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average output. Votes: 0

If there was one thing worse than being cheated, it was being cheated by someone who referred to themselves in the third person. Votes: 0

Once you become known for one thing, it's easy to become known for a second thing, a third thing, and a fourth thing. Votes: 0

I look for these qualities and characteristics in people. Honesty is number one, respect, and absolutely the third would have to be loyalty. Votes: 0

Motherfuckers will read a book that's one third Elvish, but put two sentences in Spanish and they [white people] think we're taking over. Votes: 0

Nothing can be more incorrect than the assumption one sometimes meets with, that physics has one method, chemistry another, and biology a third. Votes: 0

I knew I'd always be a second-rate academic, and I thought, 'Well, I'd rather be a second-rate novelist or even a third-rate one'. Votes: 0

It must be fundamentally wrong to reduce production of food and fiber while one-third of our population is still ill fed and ill clothed. Votes: 0

At the turn of the twenty-first century, the richest 5 percent of people receive one-third of total global income, as much as the poorest 80 percent. Votes: 0

Thus hope, aided by imagination, makes one man a hero, another a somnambulist, and a third a lunatic; while it renders them all enthusiasts. Votes: 0

Most of the doctors in the Tunisian administration, especially those in country districts, contracted typhus and approximately one third of them died of it. Votes: 0

How did they know that I was the one who saved them?" "They don't. You're the third knight they've celebrated over since it happened. Votes: 0

Most of the doctors in the Tunisian administration, especially those in country districts, contracted typhus and approximately one third of them died of it Votes: 0

One-third of your plays are special teams, so to block a punt and get good field position out of it and score was big. Votes: 0

There are some things that once you've lost, you never get back. Innocence is one. Love is another. I guess childhood is a third. Votes: 0

I've had bad luck with all my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't. The third gave me more children! Votes: 0

Anyone can win two fights in one night, but it is the third fight that tells you if you have steel balls or not. Votes: 0

Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one. Votes: 0

If two lives join, there is oft a scar. They are one and one, with a shadowy third; One near one is too far. Votes: 0

We estimate that humanitarian agencies have access to about 350,000 vulnerable people in Darfur - only about one third of the estimated total population in need. Votes: 0

One-third of the planet's population, over two billion people, has never heard the gospel. And of that number, over 50,000 die daily, separated from God forever. Votes: 0

To put one brick upon another, Add a third, and then a fourth, Leaves no time to wonder whether What you do has any worth. Votes: 0

Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a third war, one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction, Votes: 0

The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third rhetorical, and so on. Which is then the poetic poetry? Votes: 0

The War office kept three sets of figures - one to mislead the public, another to mislead the cabinet and the third to mislead itself. Votes: 0

To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher. Votes: 0

According to Time magazine, global warming is 33% worse than we thought. You know what that means? Al Gore is one-third more annoying than we thought. Votes: 0

Water is H2O, hydrogen two parts, oxygen one, but there is also a third thing, that makes it water and nobody knows what that is. Votes: 0

It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page. Votes: 0

How often one reads a contemporary full-length novel and thinks quietly, mutinously, that it would have worked out better at half or a third the length. Votes: 0

By 1979, Chinese people were poorer, on average, than North Koreans. I mean, your average per-capita income in China that year was one third of sub-Saharan Africa's. Votes: 0

I was the third one in my family born, and there are three notes in a chord, so that's how they came up with my name, Votes: 0

Unbelievable as it may seem, one-third of all vegetables consumed in the United States come from just three sources: french fries, potato chips, and iceberg lettuce. Votes: 0

It is this third consequence that has been elaborated in greatest detail and has formed one of the most significant pillars of historical capitalism, institutional racism. Votes: 0

One third of the people of the world are asleep at any given moment. The other two thirds are awake and probably stirring up trouble somewhere. Votes: 0

I saw three shrimp in the water, two were old and gray. I swam a little closer, and I heard the third one say, good-bye Mama. Votes: 0

One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot at him. Votes: 0

Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago. Votes: 0

I remember I was so crabby in my third trimester - I got gestational diabetes because I'd been acting like I was in a one-woman pie-eating contest. Votes: 0

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in Russia, unlike in one third of the world's countries, being gay is not a crime. Votes: 0

Although crime and corruption decreases within a one-mile radius of a casino, it increases 10 percent within a 35-mile radius by the third year the casino is open. Votes: 0

I'm self-centered, inconsiderate, and what was the third adjective? Oh, yes, and I have this infantile fantasy that one day I'll amount to something as an actress. Votes: 0

A new study reveals that one-third of babies in the U.S. have used a smartphone. Yeah, and one-third of babies in China have MADE a smartphone. Votes: 0

Japan has only 100m people. Asia has 4bn. At least one-third, maybe nearly half, will become middle class, and this is a big opportunity for Japanese businessmen. Votes: 0

The one natural gift I have is easy access. That's the only natural I gift I have at all. You have to have that, the third eye. Votes: 0

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us. Votes: 0

The Federal Reserve the privately owned U.S. central bank definitely caused The Great Depression by contracting the amount of currency in circulation by one third from 1929 to 1933. Votes: 0

Man Ray takes a lot of pressure off me. It's like having a third person in a conversation; one of you doesn't have to talk all the time. Votes: 0

And, strangely, this one of the few things in life that the third, the latter, the buy with our eyes closed has actually done better than everybody else. Votes: 0

About 10 million people start a business each year, and about one out of two will make it. The average entrepreneur is often on his or her third startup. Votes: 0

I'm sure coach Frank Rijkaard will want the Dutch to go on and score a fourth now - although obviously they'll have to score the third one first. Votes: 0

The two-party system has served America very well. We always have political movements one way or another but the evolution of a lasting third party probably will not happen. Votes: 0

Wrapped inside one is love. Wrapped inside another is hate. What do you think is wrapped inside the third? If you answered meat, beans, and cheese, you'd be correct. Votes: 0

The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much, because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering. Votes: 0

The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering. Votes: 0

We vetoed five income tax increases during my time as governor. We cut business taxes $2.3 billion, and we cut regulation by one-third of what my predecessor put in place. Votes: 0

There are three kinds of brains: One understands of itself, another can be taught to understand, and the third can neither understand to itself or be taught to understand. Votes: 0

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech. Votes: 0

Currently, only 70 percent of our high school students earn diplomas with their peers, and less than one-third of our high school students graduate prepared for success in a four-year college. Votes: 0

The average TV commercial of sixty seconds has one hundred and twenty half-second clips in it, or one-third of a second. We bombard people with sensation. That substitutes for thinking. Votes: 0

I don't agree that you need an enormous number of American troops. Saddam's army is down to one-third than it was before, and I think it would be a cakewalk. Votes: 0

Every person will become three time child in their life.One when they are child, Second when they become parents and third when they become grandparents.It's never be gone. Votes: 0

In fact the Hillary [Clinton] convention which did very well but not nearly as well as mine, in all fairness, would've gotten one-third the ratings they got if I weren't. Votes: 0

The military's own report says that one-third of deaths and casualties could have been avoided if proper body armor and vehicle armor had been provided from the start of the war. Votes: 0

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say. Votes: 0

The term "starvation diet" refers to 900 calories a day. I was on one-third of a starvation diet. What do you call that? One word that comes to my mind: "suicide. Votes: 0

Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness. Votes: 0

The Asian nation's oil demand is expected to grow this year by 800,000 barrels per day and represents more than one-third of the total growth in global demand, according to the Energy Information Agency. Votes: 0

Although many seniors are happy with the generous drug coverage they have from their former employers, the number of companies offering that kind of coverage has decreased by one-third since the mid-1980s. Votes: 0

First, say to yourself, 'I'm totally independent of the good or bad opinions of others.' Second: 'I'm beneath no one.' Third: 'I'm fearless in the face of any and all challenges.' Votes: 0

One-third of our people were dangerously ill, getting worse hourly, and we felt sure of meeting the same fate, with death as our only prospect, which in such a country was much worse yet. Votes: 0

I'm just giving you some spiel, the ludicrous plot of a novel, a story I invented to touch your heart—one-third bullshit, one-third booze, and one-third genuine tenderness, you know the kind of thing. Votes: 0