Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other.

Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that’s in us.

It’s the law of averages: put in more, come out with more.

I’m not the average girl from your video and I ain’t built like a supermodel but I learned to love myself unconditionally because I am a queen.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

Normal people can be happy with a regular life, but there is more to life than just plodding through an average existence.

It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what’s in a box score. A box score does not properly represent the most important thing – team play. It shows some guy scoring 27 points, but it doesn’t show that my 27-point man let his guy score 30.

The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.

The first theory is that if we make the rich richer, somehow they will let a part of their prosperity trickle down to the rest of us. The second theory was the theory that if we make the average of mankind comfortable and secure, their prosperity will rise upward through the ranks.

Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that’s not comfortable for the average person.

Poor minds talk about people average minds talk about events great minds talk about ideas

If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.

I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.

I’ve always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.

I’ll do more than the average actor, but I’m smart enough to know why stunt guys exist.

The average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing

It’s fair to say average Americans think that the average Afghan doesn’t want American troops in their country.

About two-thirds of bachelor’s degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they’re graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.

The determining trait of the enterprising (or active, or aggressive) investor is his willingness to devote time and care to the selection of securities that are both sound and more attractive than the average.

My grade point average went from a 2.2 to a 4.0 over the summer. I wanted to get straight A’s. I decided to get straight A’s. I didn’t want people to think I was dumb. And when you get straight A’s once, its easier.

The interesting thing about averages is that they hide the truth very effectively.

The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a Pirate.

As a general rule, when something gets elevated to apple-pie status in the hierarchy of American values, you have to suspect that its actual monetary value is skidding toward zero. Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent. Same thing with work: would we be so reverent about the ‘work ethic’ if it wasn’t for the fact that the average working stiff’s hourly pay is shrinking, year by year.

The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and oppressing others.

Artists are on the average less happy than men of science.

You don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.

The average player would rather play than watch. Those who don’t play can’t possibly appreciate the subtleties of the game. Trying to get their attention with golf is like selling Shakespeare in the neighbourhood saloon.

Hay fever suffers tend to be above average in intelligence.

If you got a hit every third time that you went up to bat in the major leagues, you’d be the greatest hitter of all time. I think my average is a little better than that.

I am not more gifted than anybody else. I am just more curious than the average person and I will not give up a problem until I have found the proper solution.

The average food item on a U.S. grocery shelf has traveled farther than most families go on their annual vacations.

To be great at whatever it is that you do, it’s going to take some discipline to separate yourself from the average.

There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting number will be pretty close to your own income. I think the same thing is true of idea incomes. You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.

The faster you work and the more you get done, the better you feel. Most successful people work at a higher tempo of activity than unsuccessful people. They don’t necessarily do different things, but they get things done more efficiently in a given time than the average person.