The real beauty of democracy is that the average man…

Hay fever suffers tend to be above average in intelligence.

— Andrew Tobias

Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of the cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look to escape…

— Jean Baudrillard

I asked many friends if Australian anti-intellectualism was still a living force and they all told me it was. If you are above average…

— George Mikes

I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.

— Richard Dawkins

While the other guy's sleeping? I'm working. While the other guy's eatin'? I'm working.

— Will Smith

The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.

— Anonymous

If a man's got talent and guts to buck society, he's obviously above average. You want to hold on to him. You straighten him…

— Alfred Bester

Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt…

— Alvin Plantinga

Everybody thinks their website is above average.

— Matt Cutts

I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent.

— Will Smith

I loved nuns when I was growing up. I thought they were beautiful. For several years I wanted to be a nun. I saw…

— Madonna Ciccone

You know, my boy, he said, it's impossible to love men such as they are. And yet we must. So try to do good…

— Anonymous

The average detective story is probably no worse than the average novel, but you never see the average novel. It doesn't get published. The…

— Raymond Chandler

It just seems logical that sticking to investing in only a small number of companies that you understand well, rather than moving down the…

— Joel Greenblatt

Above average intelligence has always run in my family. Ambition, however, has always walked with a limp.

— Jeff MacNelly