Average Quotes

Half the people you know are below average.

To be successful a person must attempt but one reform. By urging two, both are injured, as the average mind can grasp and assimilate but one idea at a time.

As the horsepower in modern automobiles steadily rises, the congestion of traffic steadily lowers the average possible speed of your car. This is known as Progress.

The world does not reward average people so I will be extraordinary.

Over time, however, the endless war in Iraq began to play a role in natural selection. Only idiots signed up; only idiots died. Back home, the average I.Q. soared.

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

We care little about what the average citizen thinks.

The average American can get into the kingdom of heaven much more easily than he can get into the Boulevard St. Germain.

I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible.

Our average holding period is four years.

The fundamental basis of above-average performance in the long run is sustainable competitive advantage.

You won't find average Americans on the left or on the right. You'll find them at Kmart.

A godly woman is beyond average because she keeps her word. She honors her vows. She exhibits great faith. She overcomes great obstacles. And she affects her family, her community, even the world.

In real life there is no such person as the average man.

Since the average person's small supply of politeness must last him all his life, he can't afford to waste it on bridge partners.

Hay fever suffers tend to be above average in intelligence.

If you're going to be truly successful, then set yourself apart from everyone else. Go beyond the limits of what classifies the average person and be exceptional.

The average man believes a thing first, and then searches for proof to bolster his opinion

Golf is a particularly severe strain upon the amiability of the average person's temper, and in no other game, except bridge, is serenity of disposition so essential.

We all know how stupid the average person is. Now realize that, by definition, fifty percent of the population is dumber than that.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible.

The average person has eight different jobs over the course of their lifetime. You get a little antsy doing the same thing.

The average person suffers from three delusions: 1) That he is a good driver 2) That he has a good sense of humor and 3) That he is a good listener.

In the ten years since I had run away from home...I had gone through more strange experiences than the average person crowds into a whole lifetime.

If you can predict the rate at which you create (or create and grow) qualified pipeline, and you know your average close rate(s), then you can start predicting your revenue.

the apathy and inattention of the average citizen is beyond comprehension.

If the envious, the defamers and the backbiters were taken out of the average church, there would be revival overnight.

I'm just an average woman with average concerns.

But most automotive dealerships are set up for customer acquisition - which is crazy when you consider the average cost of customer acquisition is $1,000 or more.

There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.

Let's face it, the average computer user has the brain of a Spider Monkey.

I guess I am handsome - in certain parts of the world. If I was, like, in Mongolia, living on a mountain and in my village, I could be the hottest guy. In L.A., I'm ... average?

It's very difficult to get your ideas to Hollywood if you're the average Joe or Jane. An agent wouldn't bother with you.

Maybe I was little bit more aggressive than the average kid.

You ain't average! But you know what? You're playing small because it's easier to be average.

So don't be average. Don't be good. Don't be great. Be phenomenal. Or be forgotten.

We listen to the greats. I'm not going to listen to average rap when I can listen to an Outkast album.

A want of the habit of observing and an inveterate habit of taking averages are each of them often equally misleading.

I want to be able to separate the average from the good and from the great. I want to separate the ordinary from the extraordinary.

Improving your process won't move you from good to great design. It'll move you from bad to average.

Average is a failing plan! Average doesn't work in any area of life. Anything that you give only average amounts of attention to will start to subside and will eventually cease to exist.

I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.

In my first season I took 76 wickets at an average of less than 5 runs.

A good musician can do more to change society than 30 average mayors.

Nobody ever wrote a story for me. I told in every story what was really inside my gut, and it came out that way. My stories began to get noticed because the average reader could associate with them.

Used to be, conservatives revered the Average American, that Norman Rockwell oil painting of diner food, humble faith, honest toil, and Capraesque virtue.

We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did.

I like to take a shot with things. I like to take risks. I'm attracted to things that are different than the average run-of-the-mill stuff.

Portray your product as average and that's all that it will ever be.

You can have average talent, but when God breathes on your life, you will go further than people that have great talent. Don't talk yourself out of it.