Average Quotes

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The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a… — Jaron Lanier
Any system described by a power law [...] has several curious effects. The first is that, by definition, most participants are below average. — Clay Shirky
The rules have changed so much from our days and the Heatu2019s days. It was more physical back then. Today you can run around without… — Horace Grant
You know what the average person is? Average. — Richard Jeni
There is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher. — David Puttnam
I buy stocks when they are battered. I am strict with my discipline. I always buy stocks with low price-earnings ratios, low price-to-book value ratios… — David Dreman
The eye of perfected friendship with God is aware of deeper dimensions of reality, to which the eyes of the average man and the average… — Josef Pieper
It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not afraid of the… — David Whyte
Itâ€™s attention to detail that makes the difference between average and stunning, — Francis Atterbury
One of the most striking and fundamental things about probability theory is that it leads to an understanding of the otherwise strange fact that events… — Warren Weaver
Among Hispanics, there is little change in popularity from a grade point average of 1 through 2.5. After 2.5, the gradient turns sharply negative. A… — Roland G. Fryer, Jr.
I welcome each new day with a hopeful expectancy that I, too, will rise above the ordinary. For I am not content to live a… — Melody Carlson
To discover the thing you're brilliant at you first have to endure realizing all the things you're average at. — Shane Koyczan
Why is the 'average man' so far below average? — Bruce Barnbaum
When you have big dreams, youâ€™re going to have big challenges. If you were an average person you would have average problems. — Joel Osteen
A little starvation can really do more for the average sick man than can the best medicines and the best doctors. — Mark Twain
Self-disciplin e is the key to personal greatness. It is the magic quality that opens all doors for you, and makes everything else possible. With… — Brian Tracy
The big win is when you refuse to settle for average or mediocre. — Seth Godin
The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was… — Bernard Williams
We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did. — Jane Fonda

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