Quotes About Average

If done correctly, these techniques can allow the Bobo pilgrim to have 6 unforgettable moments a morning, 2 rapturous experiences over lunch, 1.5 profound insights in the afternoon (on average), and .667 life-altering epiphanies after each sunset.

evidence that suggests private schools, on average, do not offer students a competitive edge in academic performance over their peers in public schools,

America has three major crime families; the Mafia, the Republicans and the Democrats. The one least likely to endanger or fleece the average taxpayer is the Mafia.

My mom always used to say that average people are the most special people in the world. And that's why God made so many.

Good managements produce a good average market price, and bad managements produce bad market prices.

It's a good news - bad news type of situation. The good news is that we won; the bad news is that my average is 9.00.

In a hyper-connected world where average is over, there is one thing we know absolutely for sure: Every good job will require more education.

As a libertarian I believe we should have a federal government simple and circumscribed enough to be run by an average, dull, normal American. With George W. Bush we have half the equation in place.

Little minds think and talk about people. Average minds think and talk about things and actions. Great minds think and talk about ideas.

Poor minds talk about people average minds talk about events great minds talk about ideas

By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.

Captivating the spirit of the age is a matter of great talent; being swept away by it characterizes an average mind. The two are as different from one another as activity and passivity.

Hitler was never more than average as an artist. His great talent was for the games of politics.

To the mediocre, mediocrity is a form of happiness.

Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of the health or viability of a society.

I remember the average curate at home as something between a eunuch and a snigger.

I hope the average woman feels she needs practicality but with a little bit of fantasy. Otherwise it's just not fashion.

Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre.

Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church's often vocal sanction of things as they are.

It's okay to be average, as long as you surround yourself with extraordinary people that you become the average of.

What the average call excellent, the excellent call average.

I wouldn't say I'm superficial, just averagely ficial.

The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share.

Unsere Einschätzung des persönlichen Verdienstes richtet sich nach dem Durchschnittsmenschen. Die überragenden Leistungen eines Genies oder einer Tugend, sei es im tätigen oder im kontemplativen Leben, werden nicht nach ihrem absoluten Kulminationspunkt bemessen, sondern nach der Höhe, die sie über dem Durchschnitt ihres Jahrhunderts oder ihres Landes erreichen.