Quotes About Average

I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.

Ask the average person his views on snakes and he will, within the space of ten minutes, talk more nonsense than a brace of politicians.

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average man.

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.

It gives me great strength to know that half the people I meet are below average.

You're so damned superior," she muttered. "I'm the son of a fucking deity. You want me to be average?

Then arises the third and inexorable question: If Civilisation has increased the producing power of the average man, why has it not bettered the lot of the average man? There can be one answer only—MISMANAGEMENT.

I am like any typical teenager.

I think I'm pretty average. Typical.

I think it's a little irresponsible for women who choose surgery to then say they can portray the average woman on the street, because if the average woman can't afford those treatments, then she's going to say, 'I'm 53 and I don't look like that,' and start thinking she's ugly or inadequate.

Some fans have a mistaken opinion of the average umpire. He is human, all reports to the contrary. Every fellow who is successful is conscientious to almost a fault.

I'm not unattractive, but I'm not a matinee idol. I think I have a very non-threatening look - I'm fine, I'm right in the middle.

You don't have to have perfect wisdom to get very rich - just a bit better than average over a long period of time.

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

Wisdom is what separates average people from extraordinary people.

But the culture-vultures and the intellectual snobs, and the self-appointed guardians of the Muses, often frighten off the average person from the free development of this appetite.

As an investor you can be well above average by settling for slightly less than the index returns.

The average career span for a TV writer is 11 years. The only other thing I could find that had the same career span was a police dog.

I'm just a guy. There's nothing special about me.

I've always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those.

We should begin to remind people they are always after your money and if you are on something around average earnings you really don't have that spare capacity to pay for all these follies that Labour keep spending their money on.

Spin rate itself doesn't make a pitch harder to hit. It just makes it further from what the hitters are used to seeing. It takes a pitch further away from average.

People ask why I always play crazy people and free spirits. I guess it is because I like to have fun. But I am more ambitious than your average free spirit. This job is hard enough that, without drive and hard work, you will never make it work.

Consider the average intelligence of the common man, then realize 50% are even stupider.