Average Quotes
1590 quotes by 1249 authors
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When I was younger, I wasnt thinking about fit. Clothes are measured just for me now. I know thats not what the average person does,…
— Theophilus London
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Distractions are everywhere. And with the always-on technologies of today, they take a heavy toll on productivity. One study found that office distractions eat an…
— David Rock
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The public, as a whole, buys at the wrong time and sells at the wrong time. The average operator, when he sees two or three…
— Charles Dow
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I have been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). It's a terminal disease with an average lifespan of two to five years post-diagnosis, and scientists…
— Steve Gleason
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It is the philosophers, theologians, and evangelists who are said to be filled with pride and bigotry due to the strong convictions that they represent.…
— Criss Jami
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How is it that some celebrities, whom the average person would believe to have all the popularity a human being could want, still admit to…
— Criss Jami
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When homo sapiens is changing, it will not be by the whole race gaining simultaneously whatever qualities better fit it for survival, but rather by…
— Charles Galton Darwin
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Only in very recent times has the average man been a source of savings.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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The average mind is slow in grasping a truth, but when the most thoroughly organized, centralized institution, maintained at an excessive national expense, has proven…
— Emma Goldman
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Father Time is the make-up man responsible for the physical changes that determine the parts the average actor is to play.
— Fred Allen
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I went to Columbia University because they were doing a study on people who suffered from panic attacks, and because I suffered from panic attacks…
— Moby
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The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
— Anatole France
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What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
— Sigmund Freud
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Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and…
— Sigmund Freud
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According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.
— Robert Fripp
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The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention.
— Eva Gabor
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Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in…
— Bill Gates
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One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in…
— Alan Greenspan
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Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone.
— Germaine Greer
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