It is not as if farming brought a great improvement in living standards either. A typical hunter-gatherer enjoyed a more varied diet… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
When all of a sudden you're successful and sought after overnight, you are instantly opened to a lot of sides of humanity… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
“You see my point? The average person has a very average notion of goodness to which they aspire averagely. To aspire to… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“It’s been said that the average person’s short-term memory can only retain seven chunks of information. So the theory behind cognitive load… — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
When Prohibition was first enacted in 1920, most people stockpiled alcohol, thinking they'd have enough to last them for years. By 1923,… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Narcissistic personalities usually do do better than you and me and the average person. We've always seen it in the office. The… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It’s a way of entering into the quiet that’s already there—buried under… — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
Consider the wave of revulsion that floods the average person when he or she hears of the practice of human sacrifice by… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“According to studies, clinically depressed individuals have a more accurate grasp of reality than the average person. We tell ourselves lies and… — wildbow Copy Share Image
The average personality reshapes frequently, every few years even our bodies undergo a complete overhaul - desirable or not, it is a… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
The literature now is so opaque to the average person that you couldn't take a science-fiction short story that's published now and… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
“J. E. Littlewood, a mathematician at Cambridge University, wrote about the law of truly large numbers in his 1986 book, "Littlewood's Miscellany."… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“We've got a sort of brainwashing going on in our country, Morrie sighed. Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“As I looked over this curious document, I was particularly struck by a band of text across the bottom. It bore the… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
Everybody has the same energy potential. The average person wastes his in a dozen little ways. I bring mine to bear on… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
[The tests agreed] that I was at higher risk than the average person for Type 2 diabetes, which is what my lab… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Like many musicians, it's my roots in music, playing cover songs. I've done probably a lot more covers than the average person… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
I feel like I understand Trump's character better than the average person now, having seen all of these little interactions with charity.… — David Fahrenthold Copy Share Image
“Get Organized Already! In a world where the average person looks at their phone 150 times a day, it’s time to embrace… — Liesha Petrovich Copy Share Image
The average person didn't really know what my role was. Obviously, on stage, Karen was the star of the duo. I urged… — Richard Carpenter Copy Share Image
The assumption should be that we will not appear in print or the blogosphere. Having dinner should not be fodder for Facebook.… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
Believing in myself and not to be afraid of taking any risks. I have to be better than the average person to… — Lou Ferrigno Copy Share Image
I get a little angry about this highhanded scrapping of the look of things. What else have we to go by? How… — Margaret Culkin Banning Copy Share Image
The average person on welfare can't afford fresh fruits and vegetables. But in my recipe, you're allowed to use vegetables out of… — Coolio Copy Share Image
The problem is the average person isnt tuned in to lifelong learning, or going to seminars and so forth. If the information… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
“When you understand what’s involved in winning, as do professional gamblers, you’ll tend to bet more during a winning streak and less… — Tharp, Van Copy Share Image
“The great rationalist Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am.” The religious mystic the Buddha said, “I think, therefore I am not.”… — Thomas Stark Copy Share Image
We work more than we do anything else in our lives, but the average person only interacts with four to five colleagues.… — Caroline Ghosn Copy Share Image
I think people who are artists, actors, singers, great songwriters, they tend to have a hyper state of emotion where they feel… — Willie Aames Copy Share Image
Most people I meet are secretly convinced that they’re a little crazier than the average person. People understand the energy necessary to… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share Image
I believe that in order for our democratic system to work as intended, the average person must have faith in their government.… — Elissa Slotkin Copy Share Image
Only guys who fight for a living know what it's like to be hungry and beaten and tired, mentally, all the time.… — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
I think praying is very important. I'm not going to say that I'm very religious and I don't go to church as… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
I believe that the average person can help a lot, not by giving material goods but by participating, by being part of… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
If ergonomists have their way, future products won't be built for some hypothetical average person but will conform to the biomechanical needs… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I have learned that some of the nicest people you'll ever meet are those who have suffered a traumatic event or loss.… — Sasha Azevedo Copy Share Image
I've only twice in my life come across someone with both high IQ and high EQ naturally; and that was because their… — Walter O'Brien Copy Share Image
Thus the creative genius may be at once nave and knowledgeable, being at home equally to primitive symbolism and to rigorous logic.… — Frank X. Barron Copy Share Image