Average Quotes

Average Americans, middle-class citizens, just feel disenfranchised by our government. And they feel particularly unhappy by what is perceived as business-as-usual politics in Washington.

Having made films, I know very well that the scope of the average 90- to 120-minute movie is about the same narrative heft as a long short story or a novella.

You can never have a thousand percent batting average on jokes - it's just never going to happen.

To be average is to be as near the bottom as the top.

I didn't do very well at school, and I suppose I've always had this sense, you know that, of being average, so I've been a bit low on self-confidence in my ability.

The average American teenager sends or receives 75 text messages a day, though one girl in Sacramento managed to handle an average of 10,000 every 24 hours for a month.

Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public.

As was noted in the Wall Street Journal, last March 21st, FDA approval of drug labelling, '...requires seven to ten years, and costs each applicant an average of $70 million.'

The average age of our members is about 79. They expected them (leaders) to be taking care of everything, and in reality, they were taking care of nothing.

Average, middle-class people, the people of Macomb County, couldn't afford health care. Now they can [with Obamacare].

Whenever the average intellect of the clergy declines in the balance with the average intellect of the people the churches will be shut up and a new order of things [will] begin.

I'm just the average guy, I fooled around a little on the side.

What's so wonderful about being 6'3. What is this mythical edge tall men have over average and short men?

The average American is just like the child in the family.

The average film has eight or ten producers on it. That is just in a world that would be unthinkable to me, because to me, to really be a producer of a film, you have to be a line producer.

I eat more vegetables than the average vegetarian.

We mortals cross the ocean of this world Each in his average cabin of a life; The bests not big, the worst yields elbowroom.

If you operate a TV or radio station, you have to have a license. It has nothing to do with fundamental freedom. It has to do with protection of the average citizen against abuses.

Average people seldom talked about anything interesting and often hurt each other savagely.

If we observe the performance of only those funds that remain active, we will tend to find that the average performance of the surviving funds exceeds that of the market.

A brilliant mind was never as clever as three average minds sniffing after something of interest.

Avoiding the appearance of queenly behavior is politically wise. But it does American culture no favors if a first lady tries so hard to be average that she winds up looking common.

The average performer stops when they face fear. Iconic producer accelerates once they get frightened.

You were born awesome. Please don't die average.

In many parts of the Bible Belt, the divorce rate was discovered to be roughly 50 percent above the national average.

Trains are not any more energy efficient than the average automobile, with both getting about 48 passenger miles to the gallon.

I'm not singing the virtues of corporations simply 'cause they exist. But by the same token I'm not gonna be like your average liberal and condemn them just because they exist.

You'd be hard pressed to find more drama in 'Days of Our Lives' than you do in an average job each day.

I'm going to bring in something called the London Living Rent. These are homes where rent is one third of average local earnings.

It really is true that you become an average of the people you spend the most time with.

Women, on average, earn less than men in almost every occupation, including traditional female orientated jobs like nursing and teaching.

I'm an average citizen and always have been.

Your average comedian doesn't know the podcast universe, really.

There's a manner of speaking you use while lawyering. A manner as affected and rife with artifice as your average campaign speech, with a similar fear of offending.

The scalable, profitable strategy is to change the game, not to become the most average.

Your best customers are worth far more than your average customers.

Every revolution destroys the average middle first and most savagely.

Making an average pitch to average people, or having an average gala for average people isn't going to scale anymore. You've got to find the people who care. Those people are worth all of your time.

Mass marketing means appealing to the masses which means appealing to the average.

Average feels safe but it's not. It's invisible.

On average, most people consume between 100 - 120 grams of protein per day. Not only is that unhealthy, it's extremely dangerous, as the majority of the protein consumed is animal based.

You should never want to be a one position player. If you're a real basketball player, you should be able to play any position. That's the difference between really good players and average players.

The average kindergartner has seen more than 5,000 hours of TV-more time than it takes to earn a bachelor's degree.

In the years 1910 and 1911 I had 51 innings with 10 not outs and an average of 19. This I consider a creditable record for a poet.

Do you not know how uncontrolled and unreliable the average human being is in all that concerns sexual life?

Fans of the 'Inbetweeners' like the show because it is about four normal people, average guys or lower than average losers.

If we care about the average working American, then Wal-Mart matters. A lot.

If you look at the average age of a company on the Dow Jones index, it's something like 35 years or younger. In other words... success is no indication of longevity.

You can't address yourself to women by speaking a language which no average woman will understand. In my opinion, it's wrong.

The film [Aquarius" ] is very, very successful. We had the highest per-screen average of last week's releases.