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“We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.”
Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American inventor and businessman
As quoted in Golden Book (April 1931), according to Stevenson's Book of Quotations (Cassell 3rd edition 1938) by Burton Egbert Stevenson.
1930s
Mitch Albom book The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)
Robert G. Kaiser (1943) American journalist
2000s, "Why can't we be more like Finland?" (2005)
“One percent intention, ninety nine percent desire.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)
“Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American inventor and businessman
Spoken statement (c. 1903); published in Harper's Monthly (September 1932).
Variants:
None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Statement in a press conference (1929), as quoted in Uncommon Friends: Life with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel & Charles Lindbergh (1987) by James D. Newton, p. 24.
Variant forms without early citation: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework."
"Genius: one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration."
1900s
Variant: Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety nine perspiration.
“100 percent of me is nothing compared to one percent of the whole team.”
Eliud Kipchoge (1984) Kenyan long-distance runner
Eliud Kipchoge (2019) cited in: " Kenya: Eliud Kipchoge's Huge Sacrifice for Humanity https://allafrica.com/stories/201908280231.html" in Daily Nation, 27 August 2019.