Quotes About Average

Another writer once asked me why I wrote about "nebbishes." I told him I wanted to write about "the common man.") Sometimes I even

Statisticians report that television is watched over six hours a day in the average American household. I don't know any fiction writers who live in average American households. I suspect Louise Erdrich might. Actually I have never seen an average American household. Except on TV.

Never wager against the success of mediocrity.

The people who went on that airplane were unexceptional.

I just think I'm the average all-American girl.

I consider myself just as normal as anybody else.

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting in above-average effort.

The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.

contrary to the view that the brains of men and women are strikingly different, none of these differences were particularly substantial. Even for the very largest, the overlap between the sexes meant that about one in five women were more "male-like" than the average male.

When I was growing up, I wasn't an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at school. I was very quiet.

I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent.

There is no happiness for any individual, man or woman, who does not dwell within the broad zone of average." Pandora

Tolstoy isn't the only reason I don't wish to marry," Pandora said. "Whatever your reasons, they are unsound. I will explain to you later why you do wish to marry. Furthermore, you are an unconventional girl, and you must learn to conceal it. There is no happiness for any individual, man or woman, who does not dwell within the broad zone of average.

How would you describe Owen and Irene's relationship?" "Average," he said. "Could you elaborate?" "They were hardly star-crossed lovers. I suspect they made decent-enough roommates and they had a few things in common." "Like what?" "Lack of ambition. And a somewhat modest way of life.

Most people are middle class. Most people do wish their lives were better than they are. And I think by making my main characters ordinary, average guys, it helps readers identify with their problems. It also helps ground the supernatural events that follow in a recognizable reality and perhaps gives some of my wilder scenarios a little verisimilitude.

In his time, Hornsby was an unbelievable hitter who three times finished with an average of over .400, reaching .424 in 1924, a record still standing. This background has not made him exactly tolerant of the ability of baseball players. To illustrate, we reprint herewith the most glowing report on an individual which Hornsby handed in all season: LOOKS LIKE A MAJOR-LEAGUE PLAYER The name at the top of the sheet said the report was about Mickey Mantle.

Dreaming is the closest the average human gets to the paranormal plane; it's the time when the mind lets down its guard and the walls get thin enough for there to be glimpses to the other side. That's why, after sleeping, so many people report a visit from someone who's passed.

Americans on the average do not trust intellectuals, but they are cowed by power and stunned by celebrity. Not

The commonest ivory tower is that of the average man, the state of passivity towards experience.

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

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Confidence is the prize given to the mediocre

Mediocrity is a hand-rail.

the average American was as gullible as a wide-mouthed shad