Averages Quotes

41 quotes by 41 authors

I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of three… — Louis D. Brandeis
Let people who have to observe sickness and death look back and try to register in their observation the appearances which have preceded relapse, attack… — Florence Nightingale
I spent twenty-two seasons playing professional baseball. Naturally, success in that field is measured by batting averages, number of home runs and RBIs, fielding averages,… — Harmon Killebrew
Few scientists now dispute that today's soaring levels of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere will cause global temperature averages to rise by… — Carl Sagan
Don't leave it to the law of averages to make you break even. — Mike Caro
There's a game out there, and the stakes are high. And the guy who runs it figures the averages all day long and all night… — Dalton Trumbo
But the whim we have of happiness is somewhat thus. By certain valuations, and averages, of our own striking, we come upon some sort of… — Thomas Carlyle
In cricket, as in no other game, a great master may well go back to the pavilion scoreless.... In no other game does the law… — Neville Cardus
The great body of physical science, a great deal of the essential fact of financial science, and endless social and political problems are only accessible… — H.G. Wells
I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head. — Dizzy Dean
God isn't really interested in our batting averages. — Dale Murphy
Beware of averages. The average person has one breast and one testicle. — Dixie Lee Ray
Not a day goes by that I don't click on RealClearPolitics at least once, the presidential poll charts, graphs and moving averages are great. If… — Charlie Cook
Environment-based education produces student gains in social studies, science, language arts, and math; improves standardized test scores and grade-point averages; and develops skills in problem-solving,… — Richard Louv
There are just four kinds of bets. There are good bets, bad bets, bets that you win, and bets that you lose. Winning a bad… — Larry Hite
The circling horse was an oblique warning that i would repeat the same mistake eternally. Would the law of averages allow it? Can anything continue… — Pete Townshend
It's the law of averages: put in more, come out with more. — Bruce Lee
You never have enough competition at any position, ... Several of the players listed at right wing have played center in the NHL, like Trevor… — Anson Carter
Do not take yearly results too seriously. Instead, focus on four or five-year averages. — Warren Buffett
Statistics are the lifeblood of baseball. In no other sport are so many available and studied so assiduously by participants and fans. Much of the… — Leonard Koppett

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