Famous Quotes & Sayings

It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty percent

Robert Stewart

I went to them and said, 'This is what I think we should be doing,' ... It's federal government work funded by taxes, so I asked, 'What's the average person getting out of it?'

Right now our feeling is precipitation totals will average 0.25 to 1 inch, with some locally heavier. The coverage should be pretty good. The possible exception to this is in the Texas panhandle, where it might be a little less.

Henrik Ibsen

Rob the average man of his life-illusion and you rob him also of his happiness

Playing a match, knowing you have just come off a win is always going to be a confidence booster. Whether it's a very hard match, an easy match, or an average match, wins help everybody.

James Moore

Platinum still looks a little shaky short-term and has the potential to dip to the 100-day moving average at $935/oz, while palladium could fall back to the $220/oz area.

Rebuilding stronger and safer and more flood-resistant is a wise investment of tax dollars. There recently has been an independent study by the Mitigation Hazard Council that has indicated that each dollar spent on disaster mitigation saves society on the average of $4.

Parlay cards had a good handle and average win, while props did very well. It just took a while to grade them.

Part of my training was learning how to refer patients to cardiologists for heart problems, gastroenterologists for stomach issues, and rheumatologists for joint pain. Given that most physicians were trained this way, it's no wonder that the average Medicare patient has six doctors and is on five different medications.

Mike Gundy

Our offense has been very average and by rotating quarterbacks, we couldn't ever get into synch.

Our offensive linemen have decent size. The 2000 state championship team averaged 260 pounds up front. We're pretty close to that average (257 pounds) this year.

Our offensive average went up after losing our career leading scorer, and our steals went up by 64 this year. We accomplished a lot out of the change in style.

I am happy with this team. They really are a great group of kids. They are a lot of fun to just be around and to coach. I am not sure what our team batting average is, but I know they are the type of guys that have one of the higher grade-point-averages.

I breast-fed all three of my children, because the milk is free. And I breast-fed them an average of two years.

I am ready and Craig is ready. I have been CEO for 11 years. Intel has been around 30 years. I'm the third CEO, so I've had more than my average share of tenure. Craig has been developing his capabilities and his scope and reach ever since the beginning of this decade.

I am ready and Craig is ready, ... I have been CEO for 11 years. Intel has been around 30 years. I'm the third CEO, so I've had more than my average share of tenure. Craig has been developing his capabilities and his scope and reach ever since the beginning of this decade.

But we're looking at averages and we need to know that it won't impact any of our students.

But even more important for the dollar was the average hourly earnings reading, which is quite hawkish and is something the Fed has said it's concerned about.

Mickey Mantle

But god-damn, to think you're a .300 hitter and end up at .237 in your last season, then find yourself looking at a lifetime .298 average - it made me want to cry.

Historical records and the law of averages indicate the probability of seeing two consecutive years like 2004 and 2005 is very low.

He's a three-sport performer. He plays for me, then averages like 20 points in basketball and was a state-qualifier in the hurdles for the track team. He's impressive.

He's going through that natural period where people want to nitpick the very few negatives he may have instead of extolling all his positives, ... And in a little over 31 minutes a game he averages 18 and 8. He comes to work every day. He's totally selfless. Yet some want to badger the guy about whatever perceived shortcomings he has. I find that unfortunate because if they spent half the time looking at all his positives it would be a much better story.

The pace of average hourly earnings continues to rise at just a tepid pace leading me to believe that this overall report is a very monetary policy-friendly report.

Maria Cantwell

There is an average of over 500 oil spills a year on Alaskan North Slope, and over 4,000 spills in the last 10 years. Let's not pollute one of the great last refuges of America,

There is an average of 50,000 items in the supermarket. We can only eat 14 to 16 foods daily.

George Osborne

Unless they have disabilities to cope with, no family should get more from living on benefits than the average family gets from going out to work. No more open-ended chequebook.

Anton LaVey

But the average person doesnt have that much imagination. They just want to be entertained. They want to have the tableau presented for them. They dont want to participate beyond a certain point. They want the safety of the herd, to be catered to, sit back and enjoy.

We meet twice a week and average 13 people. I'm very pleased with that.

We looked at companies that got the most A's and the most F's. What we do is we collect on an A to F scale and so we averaged those reports together and a company's rating is an average of those reports.

We made too many mistakes. You can't turn the ball over 20 times and make 8 assists -- half our average -- and win in a final.

Larry Sabato

It is a constant struggle for most public officials between representing average constituents and taking care of the interest groups and wealthy individuals who fund the campaigns.

I think the overall numbers will be average at best.

I thought defensively we did a really good job on a team that averages 83 points per game. I was very pleased with our execution at both ends of the court.