“But as no two (theoreticians) agree on this (skin friction) or any other subject, some not agreeing today with what they wrote a year ago, I think we might put down all their results, add them together, and then divide by the number of mathematicians, and thus find the average coefficient of error. (1908)” ThinkingYearsTwoMightTodayTogetherScienceResultsNumbersSubjectsYears AgoSkinsAgreeAddErrorsAverageDividesMathematicianFriction Author:Hiram Maxim
“The QSM Software Almanac is an invaluable resource. It establishes a norm for software projects, including best of class, worst of class and averages. In addition, it profiles the state of the art of software construction and enhancement. I wish I'd had this wonderful reference book years ago.” YearsArtBookStatesWishClassWonderfulWorstProjectsResourcesYears AgoIncludingAverageSoftwareConstructionNormProfileInvaluableEnhancement Author:Tom DeMarco
“The economic system that the United States has is an evil empire. It's an economic system that's not fair, not just, and it's not democratic. And it will fall just like communism fell. The richest 1 percent now own 50 percent of the wealth. It didn't use to be that way. The average CEO 20 years ago made 20 times as much as the average employee. Now they make 212 times as much.” WorldWayYearsMadeStatesUseAmericaFallEvilWealthUnitedUnited StatesEconomicModernPercentFairsYears AgoDemocraticAverageCommunismEmployeeEmpiresCeoModern WorldEconomic SystemsNot FairUse To Be Author:Michael Moore
“Like most people in Academia, my vision of the future is the same as the average industry person's vision of five years ago.” PeopleYearsPersonsVisionFiveIndustryYears AgoAverageFive YearsAcademiaVisions Of The Future Author:Philip Greenspun
“Capitalism has improved the standard of living of the wage earners to an unprecedented extent. The average American family enjoys today amenities of which, only a hundred years ago, not even the richest nabobs dreamed.” YearsTodayEnjoyStandardsHundredCapitalismYears AgoAverageUnprecedentedStandards Of LivingAmerican FamilyAmenitiesEnjoy Today Book:Planning for freedom, and sixteen other essays and addresses Source: Planning for freedom, and sixteen other essays and addresses
“You can't make people happy by law. If you said to a bunch of average people two hundred years ago "Would you be happy in a world where medical care is widely available, houses are clean, the world's music and sights and foods can be brought into your home at small cost, traveling even 100 miles is easy, childbirth is generally not fatal to mother or child, you don't have to die of dental abscesses and you don't have to do what the squire tells you" they'd think you were talking about the New Jerusalem and say "yes."” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldYearsChildrenSaidTwoHomeCareLawMotherDiesHouseEasyTalkingCostHundredYears AgoSightCleanAverageAvailableMedicalMilesBunchChildbirthJerusalemMaking People HappyMedical CareDentalSquires Author:Terry Pratchett
“The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961.” KnowsYearsI CanPoorNumbersHabitOrdinaryYears AgoAverageFiftyCapabilityWork Habits Author:Ben Stein
“I knew I was different. I thought that I might be gay or something because I couldn't identify with any of the guys at all. None of them liked art or music, they just wanted to fight and get laid. It was many years ago but it gave me this real hatred for the average American macho male.” YearsArtDifferentRealMightWantedGuyFightingGayYears AgoHatredMalesAverageMachoGetting Laid Author:Kurt Cobain