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Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average. Which means you've met your New Year's resolution. — Jay Leno
It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either… — H. L. Mencken
It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to stumble. ... If you're constantly pushing yourself higher ... the… — Oprah Winfrey
Women, on average, tend to be more aware of their emotions, show more empathy, and are more adept interpersonally. Men on the other hand, are… — Daniel Goleman
If you took our top fifteen decisions out, we'd have a pretty average record. It wasn't hyperactivity, but a hell of a lot of patience.… — Charlie Munger
If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average. — Derek Walcott
All large political doctrines are rich in difficult problems - problems that are quite above the average citizen's reach. And that is not strange, since… — Mark Twain
Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of. — Mark Twain
I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. — Bill Mauldin
The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are. — Friedrich Schiller
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
One of the marks of successful people is they are action oriented. One of the marks of average people is they are talk oriented. — Brian Tracy
The average Ph.D. Thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another. — J. Frank Dobie
The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity. — Robert Breault
It is hardly possible to maintain seriously that the evil done by science is not altogether outweighed by the good. For example, if ten million… — G. H. Hardy
Contrast 1968, when the CEO of General Motors took home, in pay and benefits, about sixty-six times the amount paid to a typical GM worker.… — Tony Judt
We are constantly being told that we've never been wealthier. And many of us are. On average we all are. But that's just the problem..… — Julia Gillard
Man will become immeasurably stronger, wiser, and subtler; his body will become more harmonious, his movements more rhythmic, his voice more musical. The forms of… — Leon Trotsky
When I heated my home with oil, I used an average of 800 gallons a year. I have found that I can keep comfortably warm… — Dave Barry
It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth. — Mark Twain

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