“My batting average has been good, so people ask how much luck is involved. I tell them when I work 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, I get lucky.” PeopleHas BeensAsksHoursBusinessWeekInvolvedLuckyLuckAverageFinanceBatting Author:Armand Hammer
“[T]ake the war on drugs. The average American says, "The war on drugs has been beneficial." The rest of us see reality. This war has destroyed thousands of Americans. It is also a pretext for government agents to rob innocent people in airports and on the highways - they seize and confiscate large amounts of cash and say to their victims: "Sue us if you don't like it." And more and more judges, politicians, intelligence agents, and law-enforcement officers are on the take - as dependent on the drug-war largess as the drug lords themselves.” PeopleIfsHas BeensWarRealityGovernmentLawLordJudgingAmountPoliticianDrugVictimAverageInnocentDestroyedAgentsDependentOfficersCashLaw EnforcementEnforcementHighwaysAirportsBeneficialWar On DrugsPretext Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“Our leading men are not of much account and never have been, but the average of the people is immense, beyond all history. Sometimes I think in all departments, literature and art included, that will be the way our superiority will exhibit itself. We will not have great individuals or great leaders, but a great average bulk, unprecedentedly great.” PeopleThinkingMenWayHas BeensArtSometimesLiteratureIndividualLeaderMassAccountsAverageDepartmentImmenseSuperiorityGreat LeaderExhibitsLiterature And Art Book:Prose Works 1892: Speciman Days Source: Prose Works 1892: Speciman Days
“The models that have been constructed agree that when, as has been predicted, the level of carbon dioxide or its equivalent in other greenhouse gases doubles from pre-Industrial Revolution concentrations, the global average temperature will increase, and that the increase will be 1.5 to 4.5 degrees Celsius or 3 to 8 degrees Fahrenheit... In Dallas, for instance, a doubled level of carbon dioxide and other gases like methane, would increase the number of days a year with temperatures above 100 degrees from 19 to 78 each year.” YearsHas BeensLevelsNumbersRevolutionDegreesModelsIncreaseAgreeAverageInstanceGlobal WarmingConcentrationCarbonTemperatureGreenhousesDallasCarbon DioxideIndustrial RevolutionGreenhouse GasesMethane Author:Bill McKibben
“It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him, and that he should hope for redress elsewhere than in his own industry, honesty, and intelligence.” MenShouldWellsHas BeensDonePoliticsTeachHonestyIndustryInjusticeAverageFoolishWickedElsewhereAverage ManRedress Book:The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations
“Human beings have been smart enough to turn nature to their ends, generate vast wealth for themselves, and double their average life span. But are they smart enough to solve the problems of the 21st century?” HumansHas BeensEndsEnoughProblemTurnsWealthHuman BeingsCenturySmartAverageSolve21st CenturyLife SpanAverage Life Author:Thomas Homer-Dixon
“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 don't know what causes it. ALS prevents your brain from talking to your muscles. As a result, muscles die. As a result, every 90 minutes people die. I am a person.” PeopleKnowsYearsPersonsHas BeensTwoDiesCausesResultsBrainTalkingFiveMinutesDiseaseScientistAveragePostsMusclesFive YearsAlsDiagnosisTerminalTerminal Disease Author:Steve Gleason
“Before one blames, one should always find out whether one cannot excuse. To discover little faults has been always the particularity of such brains that are a little or not at all above the average. The superior ones keep quiet or say something against the whole and the great minds transform without blaming.” ShouldMindLittlesHas BeensWholeBrainQuietBlameFaultsAverageExcuseSuperiorsGreat Minds Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg