“It's like, say you're a dancer and you've been studying modern dance your whole life so you're used to a certain aesthetic of music or motivation or influence, if I send you something that you're totally not used to or don't understand, rarely does that work. On the average, you're not gonna feel that and it won't be you. You have to be in there.” IfsFeelsDoeWholeUsedMotivationCertainStudyInfluenceModernAverageWhole LifeDancerBe YouAestheticModern Dance Author:Jlin
“I have always said to workers that they have to work hard, to produce more and better. In Chile, we need to achieve an average annual income of US$2,000, and to do that we need to increase production.” NeedsSaidHardAchieveProduceHard WorkIncreaseWorkersAverageProductionsIncomeAnnualsChile Author:Salvador Allende
“Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders - not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks.” PeoplePlayPoliticalChallengesDifferencesDecisionLeaderRolesOur LivesRiskMilitaryEntrepreneurAverageSeekingOptimisticMaking A DifferenceInventorTaking RisksMilitary Leader Author:Daniel Kahneman
“The questions of today's average young person, who is the product of America's intellectual bastions, have been virtually unaddressed by the church.” PersonsHas BeensTodayAmericaYoungChurchProductsIntellectualAverage Author:Ravi Zacharias
“The average studies of cellphones and brain cancer have studied people who have used cellphones for five years or less. Sometimes eight years. Every study that has actually examined people who have used phones for 10 years or more, and is well designed, finds a 50 percent to an 800 percent increased risk. So that is why the Israelis, the Finnish, the French governments have all issued warnings.” PeopleYearsWellsSometimesGovernmentUsedBrainStudyFiveRiskPercentAveragePhonesCancerEightFive YearsWarningFinnishCellphoneBrain Cancer Author:Devra Davis
“The reality is, the way we've used phones and the amount that we've used phones has changed radically in the past five years. When phones were first marketed in the 1990s, it cost, for car phones, $3000 to buy a phone and the average person did not use it that much. They were very, very expensive.” WayYearsFirstsPersonsUseRealityPastUsedFiveCarChangedAmountCostAveragePhonesFive YearsExpensiveAverage Person Author:Devra Davis
“Average wages now are still just barely above poverty, and one out of three Americans cannot afford healthcare even with the insurance,with jobs.” StillsJobsThreePovertyAverageHealthcareWages Author:Jill Stein
“African Americans, in particular, saw their cumulative wealth crash. They used to have 10 cents on the dollar of the average white family. That 10 cents on the dollar that the African American family used to have crashed down to 5 cents on the dollar, given the focus of predatory lending on the African American community and the degree to which they were really devastated by the foreclosure crisis. So yeah, I think there is a lot of disappointment out there.” ThinkingUsedGivenCommunityWealthWhiteSawsFocusParticularDegreesCrisisYeahDollarsAverageDisappointmentAfrican AmericanCentsCrashLendingDevastatedAmerican FamilyCumulativePredatoryForeclosure Author:Jill Stein
“We listen to the greats. I'm not going to listen to average rap when I can listen to an Outkast album.” I CanAverageAlbumsRapOutkast Author:Eyedea
“When I played in a 21-team league, there were six or seven goalies who were just average, and the equipment and pads were smaller. I came in the right era. I played for the right team. It was all speed, and creativity and imagination.” ImaginationCreativityTeamSixSevenAverageSpeedErasLeagueEquipmentPadsImagination And CreativityGoalies Author:Wayne Gretzky
“A market where chief executive officers make 262 times that of the average worker and 821 times that of the minimum-wage worker is not a market that is working well. And it is surely not working well enough to build a solid middle class.” WellsEnoughClassMiddleWorkersAverageChiefsMiddle ClassExecutivesOfficersMinimumMinimum WageChief Executives Author:Marcy Kaptur
“The film [Aquarius" ] is very, very successful. We had the highest per-screen average of last week's releases.” LastsFilmSuccessfulWeekHighestAverageScreensReleaseAquarius Author:Sonia Braga
“What happens at the average church or synagogue or mosque is that I don't know many priests or ministers or rabbis who say to their congregation, 'go home and talk about the religion at the kitchen table with your kids...talk about God, talk about what this is all about.' They say in general, come back on the weekend, we'll talk to you about it.” KnowsHomeHappensKidsChurchTablesAverageMinistersKitchenPriestsWeekendCongregationMosquesRabbiSynagogueKitchen Table Author:Norman Lear
“That's a very hard thing to help the establishment know. We're still an establishment that thinks the average mentality is something like 13 years of age, that never forgot H.L. Mencken's notion that nobody lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American people. That's the horseshit the establishment has always lived with.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsStillsHardHelpingAgeLostNotionAverageEstablishmentMentalityUnderestimateHard ThingsLost Money Author:Norman Lear
“I do think that even if the average person doesn't care, it IS a big deal. Like, it's been a foundational principle of our democracy for 240 years.” IfsThinkingYearsPersonsBigsCareDealsPrinciplesDemocracyAverageBig DealAverage Person Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“If everybody on the planet today had the same standard of living as the average European or American, we would need three new planets. But we don't even have one new planet. We have this one, and with the way we're polluting it, the shrinking water resources, the climate change, the experimentation with plants... the outlook is grim.” IfsWayNeedsTodayThreeWaterPlanetsStandardsResourcesPlantClimateClimate ChangeAverageOutlookGrimExperimentationStandards Of LivingShrinkingWater Resources Author:Jane Goodall
“I think the average American, if they go to the workplace, somebody's next to 'em, they're not poking around trying to figure out what their religious beliefs are.” IfsThinkingTryingNextBeliefReligiousFiguresAverageEmsWorkplaceReligious Belief Author:Barack Obama
“I wanted something that was really well-made but also still hitting a price point that's tangible and logical for average people - that's who I want to cater to.” PeopleWantWellsMadeStillsWantedAverageLogicalHittingTangible Author:Zendaya
“If you look back historically at the post-WWII period on average, if you get a 100-basis-point increase in Fed funds, the spillover to the ten-year is only 35 basis points, and 25 basis points into the 30-year - it's a fairly small spillover effect.” IfsYearsLooksEffectsPeriodsTenBasesIncreaseAveragePostsFundFedsWwii Author:Gary Shilling
“I like to read, but otherwise I'm just your average, self-obsessed comedian. It's pretty much all I think about.” ThinkingSelfAverageComedianObsessedSelf Obsessed Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“Actually, if you take the average American, and studies have shown that, he is really concerned only with private affairs; that is to say, with his health, his money and family affairs.” IfsStudyConcernedAffairAverage Author:Erich Fromm
“The average American is not concerned with his society. He talks about it, but you know if one speaks of being concerned, I mean something about which one loses one's sleep, sometimes.” IfsKnowsMeanSometimesSpeakLosesSleepConcernedAverage Author:Erich Fromm
“The average American never loses his sleep about affairs which relate to his society and to our whole country.” CountryWholeLosesSleepAffairAverageRelate Author:Erich Fromm
“The average American has separated his private life from his existence as a member of his society, and leaves that to the specialists in the government to take care of.” GovernmentCareExistenceMembersAverageTake CarePrivate LifeSpecialists Author:Erich Fromm
“I think I'm probably more typical of the average American who doesn't have a connection to a military community.” ThinkingCommunityMilitaryConnectionsAverageTypical Author:Michelle Obama
“I mean, let's take the average spouse. You know, you show up in an employer's, you know, office, and it's shown that you've changed jobs every two years. Well, to many employers that could be viewed as a red flag. But the truth is, is that you've made those moves because you're serving your country, and each time you've found a career, and you've been able to provide for your family, and you've continued to volunteer, and on and on and on.” KnowsYearsWellsMeanMadeTwoCountryShowsAbleJobsMovingFoundCareersChangedTruth IsOfficeRedAverageOur FamilyTwo YearsServingFlagsVolunteerSpouseEmployersRed FlagsYou've Changed Author:Michelle Obama
“I understand Goldman Sachs businesses. We do lot of business with him, and GE has been - I think it's the longest running stock in the Dow Jones industrial average. It will be 100 years now it will be around. I hope I'm around then, too. And it was an attractive investment. And we have had a lot of money around, over the last two years, and we're seeing things that are attractive now.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensTwoRunningLastsSeeingInvestmentAverageAttractiveTwo YearsLots Of MoneyGoldman SachsDow Jones Author:Warren Buffett
“This country is going - be living better ten years from now than it is now. It will be living better in 20 years from now than ten years from now. The ingredients that made this country, you know, the miracle of the world - I mean we had a seven for one improvement in the average American standard of living in the 20th century.” KnowsWorldYearsMeanMadeCountryCenturyTenStandardsMiracleSevenAverageImprovementIngredients20th CenturyStandards Of LivingLiving Better Author:Warren Buffett
“The average income in France is $1,000 a month, and you can't live decently on that.” MonthsAverageIncomeFrance Author:Jean-Luc Godard
“I'm not singing the virtues of corporations simply 'cause they exist. But by the same token I'm not gonna be like your average liberal and condemn them just because they exist.” CausesVirtueLike YouSingingAverageCorporationsTokens Author:Rush Limbaugh
“That's not our problem, that's America's problem. If the average American knew the trouble that Uncle Sam is in all over this earth, they could see that it - we are closer toward getting a separate territory in this country than the integrationists are toward getting integration.” IfsCountryProblemEarthAmericaTroubleAverageTerritoryUnclesIntegrationUncle Sam Author:Malcolm X
“I think I worked an average of about 10 minutes a day [in Big Bang Theory series]. It took longer to get to the studio than I actually worked. So I regard the driving there as the actual job. The work itself was just fun.” ThinkingBigsJobsFunMinutesTheoryRegardSeriesAverageStudiosDrivingBangs Author:Brent Spiner
“Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.” MenChildrenStrongParentingAverageWelcomeLakesStrong WomenLooking GoodAbove AverageLake WobegonGood Looking Men Author:Garrison Keillor
“I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.” WritingWellsRealWantedFoundMy OwnBoysTalentIgnoranceAverageOutcomesDriversBusUnlikelyDiscouragementHoeReal TalentBus Driver Author:Garrison Keillor
“August [Wilson] elevates in us is the average man in a way that is heroic and real and human. What you do is you sit with our pathology, you invest in our humanity. We're not walking around like walking symbols like we mean something larger. We're just moving throughout our lives and that's the power of the piece. That's revolutionary.” MenWayHumansMeanRealMovingHumanityPiecesOur LivesWalkingAverageSymbolsRevolutionaryHeroicAugustWilsonAverage ManPathology Author:Viola Davis
“When someone comes to you to talk about a problem, if you move the conversation on to a discussion of potential solutions, you fuel their creative problem solving abilities on average by 20% - not to mention you make them feel better! You make them smarter and more empowered to tackle challenges.” IfsFeelsProblemMovingChallengesAbilityCreativeConversationSolutionsAverageDiscussionFuelSmarterFeel BetterProblem SolvingEmpoweredCreative Problem Solving Author:Michelle Gielan
“I've spent a fair amount of time down at the border.I have watched as these packs of marijuana are on the backs of young men that are walking across the border. They're hauling an average of about 65 pounds, some of them every day they take another load.” MenYoungAmountWalkingFairsAverageBordersYoung ManPoundsMarijuanaLoadPacks Author:Steve King
“I don't think you ever outgrow your love for things that are bigger than life and more colorful than the average life. And somehow I feel that these comic book stories are like fairy tales for older people, because they have the same qualities.” PeopleThinkingFeelsBookStoriesQualityBiggerAverageTalesComicFairyFairy TaleComic BookColorfulOlder PeopleBigger Than LifeAverage Life Author:Stan Lee
“We have no idea how much the government knows and how much the CIA even knows about average citizens. The government is not supposed to be doing this in this country. They listen in on our phone calls. I am not exaggerating because I have studied this a long time.” KnowsLongIdeasCountryGovernmentCitizensLong TimeAveragePhonesSupposed To BeNo IdeaCiaPhone CallsExaggerating Author:Nat Hentoff
“Because the average negro organization, especially, can't see the problem in its entirety. They can't even see that the problem is so big that their own organization as such, by itself, can never come to a, can never come up with a solution.” ProblemBigsSolutionsOrganizationAverageCome UpEntirety Author:Malcolm X
“I mean, the liberal democrats aren't going to tell the average American, "Yeah, you're being shafted because of the policies that we've established over the years that we're maintaining now." That's not going to be an answer. And they're not getting answers from the left.” YearsMeanLeftAnswersPolicyYeahDemocratAverageMaintaining Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think it's a sign that the establishment is going to have to change. For too long they never thought about the average person, because the average person is not organized.” ThinkingPersonsLongAverageOrganizedEstablishmentAverage Person Author:Michael Bloomberg
“One concern I had while I was working actively in the intelligence community - being someone who had broad access, who was exposed to more reports than average individuals, who had a better understanding of the bigger picture - was that the post - World War II, post - Cold War directions of societies were either broadly authoritarian or [broadly] liberal or libertarian.” WorldWarIndividualUnderstandingCommunityColdConcernBiggerAverageLibertarianAccessPostsWar Of The WorldsReportsBroadsExposedWorld War IiWorld War ICold WarBigger PictureIntelligence Community Author:Edward Snowden
“It's fascinating to see how things have changed. Basically, every time the US government gets off the soapbox of the Sunday-morning talk shows, the average American's support for the surveillance revelations grows.” ShowsGovernmentGrowsMorningSupportChangedAverageRevelationsFascinatingSundaySurveillanceTalk ShowsThings Have ChangedSunday MorningSoapbox Author:Edward Snowden
“Not only in America but in Germany, in France since the war, in Germany after the First World War, the Germany of Adenauer, these are the creative relationships of Catholicism to a free society that the average American doesn't fully appreciate.” WorldFirstsWarAmericaCreativeAppreciateAverageFranceWar Of The WorldsGermanyCatholicismFree SocietyFirst World WarOnly In America Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
“I've long ago felt, I have many Jewish friends and I very I think creative Jewish friends, and I've long felt that the average Christian didn't realize the tremendous capacity for civic righteousness among our Jewish people.” PeopleThinkingLongChristianFeltRealizingCreativeCapacityAverageRighteousnessLong AgoCivicsJewish Friends Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
“President Obama's Justice Department won less than half of its total cases before the Supreme Court, which is the lowest presidential win rate since Harry Truman. Average historically for the last 50 years is about 70 percent.” YearsLastsWinningPresidentJusticeHalfCasesPercentCourtRateAverageSupremePresidentialDepartmentPresident ObamaLowestSupreme CourtTrumanHarry Truman Author:Ted Cruz
“From the very beginning, I said there are two tracks of reform: there's the political and the technical. I don't believe the political will be successful, for exactly the reasons you underlined. The issue is too abstract for average people, who have too many things going on in their lives.” PeopleBelieveSaidTwoReasonPoliticalIssuesSuccessfulDon't BelieveAverageTrackReformAbstractBeing SuccessfulPolitical Will Author:Edward Snowden
“I believe we accomplished a lot of good things while I was in office. We maintained a very good working relationship with both Republicans and Democrats during my tenure. Consequently, we had a very high batting average in dealing with Congress on some very controversial issues. Plus, we kept our nation at peace, we obeyed the law, and we told the truth.” BelieveLawI BelieveNationsIssuesRepublicanOfficeGood ThingsDemocratVery GoodCongressAverageAccomplishedPlusGood WorkControversialBattingTenureControversial Issues Author:Jimmy Carter