#average

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#any #average #bar #catalogue #downtown

Although they are some of the hardest working folks I know, rural Americans earn, on average, $11,000 less than their urban counterparts each year. And they are more likely to live in poverty. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#average #counterparts #each #earn #folks

Yes, it is long past time we get serious about tackling the nation's ever-growing deficits. But the average American family drawn into serious debt cannot just threaten to stiff its creditors. It must cut its spending in the future, but also take responsibility for the debt incurred in the past. ↗

— Peter Welch

#also #american #american family #average #average american

The average voter has to hear a point seven times before it registers. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#before #hear #point #registers #seven

I only dunked maybe twice a game on average. ↗

— Dominique Wilkins

#game #i #maybe #only #twice

Used to be, conservatives revered the Average American, that Norman Rockwell oil painting of diner food, humble faith, honest toil, and Capraesque virtue. ↗

— James Wolcott

#average #average american #conservatives #diner #faith

He was the average guy. Maurice, I think, reflected every man. ↗

— Barry Gibb

#average guy #every #every man #guy #i

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#best #cannot #develop #only #quality

I, uh, don't think I'm, y'know, so different than your average, y'know, average. ↗

— Jeff Goldblum

#different #i #know #than #think

I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading. ↗