Above Average Quotes
27 quotes by 24 authors
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The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.
— Dave Barry
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There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.
— Hal Higdon
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Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt 90…
— Alvin Plantinga
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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 intelligence,…
— George Mikes
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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 to…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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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 average…
— Raymond Chandler
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Wal-Mart hires average people but squeezes above average performance and results out of them.
— Michael Bergdahl
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I'm pretty happy. I obviously have complaints about things, but for the most part, I'm on the above-average side of happy people.
— David Cross
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In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be…
— James S. Coleman
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I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.
— Richard Dawkins
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Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
— Garrison Keillor
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The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.
— Colin Powell
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I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent.
— Will Smith
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I'm not sure I'm the only savant with high IQ or with an above average IQ. Again, it may just be that we don't know…
— Daniel Tammet
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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 out…
— Alfred Bester
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Addicts, as a group, generally score far above average o intelligence tests. Why? You tell me. I guess maybe we're smart enough to have figured…
— James Frey
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Anecdotally his fitness reports rated him well above average in the classroom, excellent in the field, fluently bilingual in English and French, passable in Spanish,…
— Lee Child
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The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.
— Friedrich Schiller
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Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look to escape into an…
— Jean Baudrillard
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Hedge funds try to produce above-average investment returns using tactics ranging from traditional stock-picking to complex derivative and arbitrage plays. High minimum investments, redemption restrictions…
— Alex Berenson
Who Wrote These Above Average Quotes
24 authors contributed a total of 27 Above Average Quotes as follows: