“Had there been any existent vital and energetic institution left in Society after the Reformation for the use of small property in coordinated form-that is, in combination, so that the average man's holding could be put to useful purpose in company with the holdings of a great number of other men of his own sort, the new evils would not have arisen.” MenUseWisdomFormPurposeEvilPoliticsLeftNumbersCompanyEconomyInstitutionsPropertyAverageCombinationLiberalismReformationEnergeticAverage Man Book:The Crisis Of Civilization Source: The Crisis Of Civilization
“I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University.” SuccessLeftBusinessKnowledgeNew YorkBandLimitsSelf ImprovementUniversityAverageBusiness SuccessMusic Business Author:Alan Greenspan
“I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I'm not your average bear. I - what's the word? I'm not - normal.” LeftBearsNormalAverage Author:Eddie Van Halen
“Individuals who could not form cooperative alliances, on average, died sooner and left fewer children. And so we are the descendants of the successful cooperators.” ChildrenFormIndividualLeftSuccessfulDiedAverageFewerAlliancesDescendantsCooperatives Author:Jonathan Haidt