Quotes About Average

The masses do not like those who surpass them in any regard. The average man envies and hates those who are different.

The average man is both better informed and less corruptible in the decisions he makes as a consumer than as a voter at political elections.

And he says, "I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with me. And I think I realized that I'm average, that there's nothing remarkable about me. And I wanted to know if this is something other people think about.

Gunning for average is your best shot at finishing above average.

JIM AND IRENE Westcott were the kind of people who seem to strike that satisfactory average of income, endeavor, and respectability that is reached by the statistical reports in college alumni bulletins.

The average girl would rather have beauty than brains because she knows the average man can see much better than he can think.

There is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher.

I am just like everyone else.

I'm very average. I'm into fresh, yummy family food. I'm into leftovers.

Looking back, I just think I was a really average sort of girl.

I really want to do what 'Veep' did. 'Veep,' in a very comical way, gave us a look inside the political machine, but I want to do it for the average American family.

With the men standing between five feet eight and five feet ten, they were inches taller than the average Spanish soldier—taller than Cushing.

If at first you don't succeed, you're running about average.

The ordinary man is the curse of civilization

Mediocritatea este plaga civilizatiei. Dar mediocritatea il face atat de comun, incat devine iesit din comun.

It's a fragile system, this trusting of lives to twelve average, ordinary people who do not understand the law and are intimidated by the process.

Average is the enemy of excellence, and average commitment will prevent you from enduring to the end.

To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.

Don't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you're crazy succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you're greedy, pay no attention. He simply doesn't understand.

The average good guy is being overlooked and the average good girl is being taken for granted.

Aaverage is being the best of the worst and the worst of the best. To be a champion average can't be in your vocabulary.

Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback.

We're past the age of heroes and hero kings. … Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it's up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting.

Being average means you are as close to the bottom as you are to the top.