#average

A particularly fine head on a man usually means that he is stupid; particularly deep philosophers are usually shallow thinkers; in literature, talents not much above the average are usually regarded by their contemporaries as geniuses. ↗

— Robert Musil

#average #contemporaries #deep #fine #geniuses

It will always be the same possibilities, in sum or on the average, that go on repeating themselves until a man comes along who does not value the actuality above idea. It is he who first gives the new possibilities their meaning, their direction, and he awakens them. ↗

— Robert Musil

#actuality #along #always #average #awakens

What's so wonderful about being 6'3". What is this mythical edge tall men have over average and short men? ↗

— Regis Philbin

#average #being #edge #men #mythical

How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win. ↗

— Bum Phillips

#getting #good #great #how #play

Under current law volunteers who are not working with an official nonprofit organization are not covered by the Volunteer Protection Act. Therefore, there are absolutely no legal protections for the average American who wishes to volunteer. ↗

— Jon Porter

#act #american #average #average american #covered

I've never professed to be anything but an average student. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#average #i #never #professed #student

There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is regulated for truth. I'll put the accuracy of the average ad in this country up against the average news story any time. ↗

— Jef I. Richards

#ad #advertising #against #any #aspires

The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#army #average #because #bright #business

Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public. ↗

— Placido Domingo

#am #average #days #every #facing

The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#being #better #defeat #disillusionment #elections