Quotes About Average

Socialism in Russia has not brought about an improvement in the conditions of the average man which can be compared with the improvement of conditions, during the same period, in the United States.

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

There is nothing scarier than a mediocre man with a mission.

I claim to be no more than an average man with below average capabilities.

We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity.

A woman without a man -- a condition of 'manlessness' -- is defined as alone. But a single mother is less alone than the average housewife.

Why is the 'average man' so far below average?

I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.

You have been second always. Tragical? No. You preferred it to the usual thing: One dull man, dulling and uxorious, One average mind- with one thought less, each year.

Since the individual's desire to dominate his environment is not a desirable trait in a society which every day grows more and more confining, the average man must take to daydreaming.

I consider myself an average man, except in the fact that I consider myself an average man.

The real beauty of democracy is that the average man believes he is above average.

If he were a man of strong mind, it only gave him fits; but a person of mere average intellect it usually sent mad.

The ordinary man is the curse of civilization.

Only in very recent times has the average man been a source of savings.

The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the convenience of statisticians.

I am an average mother in almost every way, so yes, much to my regret, I do yell at my children.

So I cradle this average violin that knows Only forgotten showtunes, but argues The possibility of free declamation anchored To a dull refrain.

Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

I've never professed to be anything but an average student.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

Kortom: net als altijd in het leven, een soort specifiek gemiddelde van ellende.

To the average intellect, nothing is so alluring as a paradox. The reason is simple: in accepting a paradox, the average intellect feels that it has risen above the average. Any fool can believe what is possible and probable, but it demands no ordinary gifts, whether mental or spiritual, to believe what is absurd.

People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against something.