
“I have defined the 100 per cent American as 99 per cent an idiot.”
New York Times (19 December 1930) remarks on Sinclair Lewis receiving the Nobel Prize
1930s
George Bernard Shaw on Sinclair Lewis receiving the Nobel Prize (1930)
“I have defined the 100 per cent American as 99 per cent an idiot.”
New York Times (19 December 1930) remarks on Sinclair Lewis receiving the Nobel Prize
1930s
“Idiots are really
one hundred per cent
when they are also
intelligent.”
The Final Touch : Portrait of nobody in particular
Grooks
“I am 10 per cent politician and 90 per cent human being.”
Source: As quoted in " I am 10% politician and 90% human being: Chandra Shekhar https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/voices/story/19800915-i-am-10percent-politician-and-90percent-human-being-chandra-shekhar-821445-2014-01-13", India Today (September 1980)
Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1988/mar/21/budget-resolutions-and-economic-situation in the House of Commons (21 March 1988)
“The US wants only 51 per cent adherence as against 100 per cent adherence demanded by Russia.”
Supporting India's alliance with the US, as quoted in "US A Better Ally For India: Subramanian Swamy" http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/dec/29us.htm, Rediff (29 December 1999)
1999-2010
Press conference for Ukrainian journalists (November 2006), as quoted in "Lukashenka Must be Dismissed From Office For Rigging Presidential Elections Results" in Charter97 (23 November 2006) http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2006/11/23/fals.