If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely…

“If we study merely what is average, we will remain merely average.”

— Shawn Achor

“In programming languages, as Erann Gat has pointed out, what "industry best practice" actually gets you is not the best, but merely the average.”

— Anonymous

“The tell tale sign of a worthless degree is when the only or primary application of the study is to merely re teach the…

— Aaron Clarey

There are branches of learning and education which we must study merely with a view to leisure spent in intellectual activity, and these are…

— Aristotle

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

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

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

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

— Lawrence Bender

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

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

— Juan Soto

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

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

— John Stuart Mill

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

— Buck Martinez

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