Fear, safety, and conformity make you mediocre and average

I genuinely did not expect more than half our nation to choose to walk away from our long-term allies into the arms of our…

— Brian Reade

There were times last year when people looked at the scoreboard and thought my batting average was the temperature.

— Buck Martinez

The average condition of the people improving or deteriorating, depends upon whether population is advancing faster than improvement, or improvement than population.

— John Stuart Mill

In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that…

— P. J. O'Rourke

The average well-being of our societies is not dependent any longer on national income and economic growth. ... But the differences between us and…

— Richard G. Wilkinson

I really focus more to hit for average, just try to put the ball in play as much as I can.

— Juan Soto

You give me enough shots, I'll average 20. You give me a particular system where I stick close to the basket, I'll average 10 rebounds.

— Chris Bosh

The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis.

— Lawrence Bender

The average American expends more time becoming informed about choosing a car than choosing a candidate. But, then, the consequences of the former choice…

— George Will

My phone rings, they call me up and say, 'Chael, your testosterone level is too high.' I say, 'Well, how high was it?' They…

— Chael Sonnen

In one century, we've added 28 years to our average life span - a change so rapid that our brains couldn't possibly have evolved…

— Martha Beck

So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I feel like what motivates me is what would motivate the regular average person.

— Rico Nasty

We're trying to do something so that when the average person uses Pinterest, it has to make the service better.

— Ben Silbermann

The extraordinary woman depends on the ordinary woman. It is only when we know what were the conditions of the average woman's life -…

— Virginia Woolf