I’m not particularly gifted; I’m not genetically freakish in any sense; I’m absolutely average. – Ben Saunders
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. – Arne Duncan
Maybe I’m delusional but I’m usually funny. It’s not 100% but I have a pretty good batting average. – Adam Carolla
In the 1820s, the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. were some of the only countries where the average population received at least two years of formal schooling. – Peter Diamandis
I don’t want to be just an average guy. I want to do whatever possible to win a lot of games. I’m a competitor. – Felix Hernandez
When something really bad is going on in a culture, the average guy doesn’t see it. He can’t. He’s average and is surrounded by and immersed in the cant and discourse of the status quo. – George Saunders
It is the rank and file – the average woman – for whom the world has opened up so astonishingly. – Mary Augusta Ward
My interest in foreign policy is above the average voter’s interest. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t talk about it. – Michael Baumgartner
Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are almost indistinguishable. – David Augsburger
The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor’s degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma. – Elijah Cummings
Educating girls just one year beyond the average fourth grade education increases their eventual earnings by 10 to 20 percent. Every additional year of secondary education can increase future wages by 15 to 25 percent. – Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Even a two-degree climb in average global temperatures could cause crop failures in parts of the world that can least afford to lose the nourishment. The size of deserts would increase, along with the frequency and intensity of wildfires. – Michael Specter
The European auto industry made a commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 140 grams per kilometer. But then there was a significant change in what customers wanted in their vehicles. – Martin Winterkorn
Essays just aren’t my thing: no matter how hard I tried, it seemed I was always a bit average. – Danny Wallace
It makes no sense economically that public money goes to help foreign workers and migrants in a region where unemployment is higher than national average. – Marion Marechal-Le Pen
The average investor’s return is significantly lower than market indices due primarily to market timing. – Daniel Kahneman
When I was growing up in the U.S. in the 1970s, 35-40% of an average nightly newscast focused on international stories. – Ethan Zuckerman
Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are being shut out. – Marty Meehan
The average user doesn’t give a damn what happens, as long as (1) it works and (2) it’s fast. – Daniel J. Bernstein
The average American’s day planner has fewer holes in it than Ray Charles’s dart board. – Dennis Miller
I was stranded in Disco. I went to dozens of darkened places with enough flashing lights to drive the average person mad. I felt lost in the pulse of sheer panic. – Martha Reeves
I was a really avid bowler when I was a teenager. I had about a 210-220 average. I had blisters on my fingers. – Dennis Quaid
Bowls have become network-owned, commercial enterprises, in some cases, pitting average teams in money-losing bowls for the benefit of a few. – Charles E. Young
The higher the general average of intelligence, all things else being equal, the less the disposition to be meddlesome, critical, and overbearing. – Paul Harris