Quotes about Average

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average

I consider myself an average man except for the fact that I consider myself an average man.

For the average American, the message is clear. Liberalism is no longer the answer. It is the problem.

Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church's often vocal sanction of things as they are.

Rationality belongs to the cool observer, but because of the stupidity of the average man, he follows not reason, but faith, and the naive faith requires necessary illusion and emotionally potent oversimplifications which are provided by the myth-maker to keep ordinary person on course.

the only thing above average is the cow-to-human ratio.

The average American consumes ten pounds of chemical additives a year.

the average American consumes 22 to 30 teaspoons of sugar every single day.

We live in an age of mediocrity.

Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn't matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest.

There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his child.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was