Average Quotes - page 30

'Jihad' can mean holy war to extremists, but it means struggle to the average Muslim. (Feisal Abdul Rauf)
Our members are very much maligned. Obviously the average age is 60 something, but they all have children and grandchildren, they understand what we need to do, they want to win. View quote
Francis Maude
I hope the average woman feels she needs practicality but with a little bit of fantasy. Otherwise, it's just not fashion. View quote
Francisco Costa
I grew up in a one-parent family. I worked my way through college, I had very average grades and I was very average looking, but I've lived a remarkable life only because I believed I could. View quote
Georgette Mosbacher
Just to cover the increase in fuel costs over the past two years, American would have had to raise fares nearly $75 per round-trip ticket. During this time period, our average fare increased by only $15. View quote
Gerard Arpey
People are intimidated when they first meet me, but it doesn't take them long to realise I'm just an average person. View quote
Gloria Gaynor
Aggressive play is a vital asset of the world's greatest golfers. However, it's even more important to the average player. Attack this game in a bold, confident, and determined way, and you'll make a giant leap toward realizing your full potential as a player. View quote
Greg Norman
If you look at total numbers in the working and middle class, men still on average make more than women. View quote
Hanna Rosin
The average American worker gets something like 14 days of paid vacation. In my school, you'd use up ten of those taking care of your kids on teacher professional days, then tack on a couple more for kids getting sick. View quote
Hanna Rosin
Balls should be good for at least six sets, and for more for the average player. But if the rallies are long, they do not last as long as this. There is a fuzz on the surface that wears off on the hard court. View quote
Helen Wills
I grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a little town, and went to a regular high school. I was a... very average student in that high school. Then I joined the Navy, and while I was in the Navy, I was in a motorcycle accident and woke up deaf in a hospital. (I. King Jordan)
I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out. View quote
J. Cole
In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority. View quote
James S. Coleman
Used to be, conservatives revered the Average American, that Norman Rockwell oil painting of diner food, humble faith, honest toil, and Capraesque virtue. View quote
James Wolcott
Paul McCartney had a baby when he was 61; Rod Stewart was 66; Rupert Murdoch was a stunning 72. Not only does that mean they'll have less stamina than the average dad, that means they'll, well, check out a lot sooner too. View quote
Jeffrey Kluger
I'm proud to represent the average woman. View quote
Jennifer Hudson
You can't run the economy on BMWs alone. If the average person is in a pickle, how do you have a healthy economy? View quote
Jeremy Grantham
I've definitely seen that Texas is certainly a right-wing area politically. I think if you talk to the average Texan, some people may still think that alternative energy is some sort of hippie mumbo-jumbo, you know. I think there's still a strong movement to continue to drill and continue to find these other sources of oil within the country. View quote
Jesse Metcalfe
Under the AHP approach, the average small business might be able to offer their employees one or two insurance plans, and that employee of the small business would have no idea whether their doctor was going to be a apart of one of those plans. View quote
Jim Cooper
I was very average in the social label scale going through school. I was neither the coolest person in school, nor did I suffer the slings and arrows of being made fun of to such a degree that I couldn't get through the day. View quote
Jim Parsons
Being frugal, conscious of making money, is not a negative thing. That sensibility of creating value and finding value and reinvesting in those customers is what separates great restaurants from the average ones. (Joe Bastianich)
I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn't below .450, and that's pretty good hitting where I come from. View quote
Joe Namath
You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation. View quote
Joel Osteen
Isn't it funny how babies laugh a lot? I read a toddler, a young child laughs 300 times a day. The average adult laughs, like, four times a day. God put it in them. He put the laugh in us, but I think sometimes we let life get us down, you know, have bad breaks, and we lose our breaks. View quote
Joel Osteen
I just want to be treated like an average guy. View quote
John Fahey