
„Genialita je 1 % inspirace a 99 % potu.“
Originál: (en) Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
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
Varianta: Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety nine perspiration.
„Genialita je 1 % inspirace a 99 % potu.“
Originál: (en) Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
„100 procent z nás umře, a toto procento nelze zvýšit.“
„Sex-appeal je z padesáti procent to, co máte, a z padesáti procent to, co si lidé myslí, že máte.“
Zdroj: [Kotková, Lea, 10 tipů, jak být sexy: Co se mužům (ne)líbí na ženách, Žena, Aktuálně.cz, Aktuálně.cz, 2018, červenec, 30, 2018-09-14, http://zena.aktualne.cz/vztahy/jak-byt-sexy-co-se-muzum-nelibi-na-zenach/r~529fb4b6931111e88d580cc47ab5f122]
„O ničem nevíme miliontinu procenta.“