The average American is nothing if not patriotic.

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

I am only an average man but by George I work harder at it than the average man.

Women of the working class especially wage workers should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion.

On the publicity tour of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding ' I was asked over and over again if as the writer I felt it was a fair depiction of real life to have someone of my er below average looks hook up with hottie John Corbett.

I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours but he survived the whole war.

I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added more jobs per year in my four years than any other president since the Second World War.

On average drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

In today's knowledge-based economy what you earn depends on what you learn. Jobs in the information technology sector for example pay 85 percent more than the private sector average.

There is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher.

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals ' the ones who somehow know how to teach.

Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life than almost any academic course he takes.

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

Personally I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

Like the average American that I hang out with and like my father before me I raised all my children to respect tools and use them wisely and safely.

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week double features second run.

Welcome to Lake Wobegon where all the women are strong all the men are good-looking and all the children are above average.

Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done.

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.

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.

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.