#average

The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as an end in itself, but by the struggle to adapt himself favourably to the conditions of life. ↗

— Ernst Mach

#average #average man #conceptions #conditions #desire

The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#break #formula #give #give me #go

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists. ↗

— John McCarthy

#better #both #face #honesty #humanity

I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American. ↗

— George McGovern

#average #average american #convinced #democratic #democratic party

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#average man #man #obsessed #sex #woman

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#ape #average #believe #descended #even

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#average woman #becomes #ever #how #lives

Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#average #believe #descended #even #harder

We care little about what the average citizen thinks. ↗

— Tom Metzger

#average #care #citizen #little #thinks