Three Thirds

He called for pen and ink, and told the editor he could cut the story down three-thirds if he wanted to, and to send the forty dollars right along. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Red, blue, and yellow each equal three-thirds of their respective color. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"Congress consists of one-third, more or less, scoundrels; two-thirds, more or less, idiots; and three-thirds, more or less, poltroons." ❋ Unknown (2007)

I do spend about a third of the year covering stories like this and a third of -- and three-thirds of the year back in Atlanta. ❋ Unknown (2006)

We gave it our best shot in the April 2004 elections campaign but still fell short of gaining three-thirds majority. ❋ Unknown (2005)

April 2004 elections campaign but still fell short of gaining three-thirds majority. ❋ Unknown (2005)

It is true that the three-thirds majority which some of you in the NUM have urged us to pursue remains elusive. ❋ Unknown (2004)

‘Spend the night here, and you shall be fed on the flesh of lamb, and shall lay aside three-thirds of thy weariness.’ ❋ Unknown (2003)

And Covan went with him thankfully, and ate and rested, and laid aside three-thirds of his weariness. ❋ Unknown (2003)

‘Go with me thither,’ he said to Covan, ‘and you shall lay aside three-thirds of your weariness, and depart in the morning refreshed,’ and Covan listened thankfully to his words, and at dawn he rose up to seek his cows. ❋ Unknown (2003)

"Pure accident, fortuitous coincidence," insisted thirty-three others as they sought sixty-six of like mind to make three-thirds that would be less than a hundred. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1995)

At present it is approximately true of the men entering the building trades that one-third drop out of school by the sixth grade, two-thirds by the seventh grade, and three-thirds by the eighth grade. ❋ Rufus Rolla Lutz (N/A)

Yes, crowded with dead work, the proof of which lies in the fact that the children who devote a third of the time to apply their knowledge get as good or better marks in the academic work than the three-thirds children. ❋ Scott Nearing (1933)

But two-thirds of the value of anything, or even three-thirds of its value, is not at all the same thing as the thing itself -- if it happened to be the kind of thing you want. ❋ Gerald Spencer Pryse (1891)

"The mandate voters have given Fidesz is undoubtedly significant - more than a two-thirds [majority of seats] - and the next government aims to serve for three-thirds," Orbán said, accepting Sólyom's proposal to become Hungary's next PM. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The incoming government - the first non-coalition government in post-communist Hungary - would serve all "three-thirds" of Hungarians, Orban said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Chelsea]: Hey, those three guys are totally hot! [Carla]: Forget it, Chelsea. They go to [NYU]. Chelsea: You think the three-thirds rule applies to them? Carla: They're all wearing popped polo shirts and making out with each other when their girlfriends leave the room, so... yeah, I'm pretty sure. Chelsea: Dammit! ❋ Placidorgasm (2010)

"Caitlin, Josh I'm sorry for being a twat. I meant no harm... [I was just joking]" "Oh [Tahan] there is no hate in my mind" "[Thanks guys]. Hey Josh What time is it" "Three Way Third Wheel High Five Time" ❋ ILOVECAITLINMUDDLEANDJOSHCOLES (2013)