The higher the general average of intelligence, all things else being equal, the less the disposition to be meddlesome, critical, and overbearing.
It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.
My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life.
Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person.
The average American doesn't realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists.
The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.
In the course of his presidency, Obama has gone from an almost magical charismatic figure to an ordinary politician. Ordinary. Average.
The average person in Hollywood just assumes that if you're on a hit TV show, then that's the first thing you've ever done.
I was a really avid bowler when I was a teenager. I had about a 210-220 average. I had blisters on my fingers.
The average person pushes an elevator button 6 or 7 minutes before realizing it's not working. I did a study on this, you know.
I thought the Hall of Fame was for superstars, not just average players like me.
For the average player, most three-putts happen because of a poorly judged first putt from long range.
I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I'm not your average bear. I - what's the word? I'm not - normal.
I don't do drugs anymore... than, say, the average touring funk band.
In my first season I took 76 wickets at an average of less than 5 runs.
Because of her interest and demands, I amplified an average baritone voice into one that is loud and clear.
The average user doesn't give a damn what happens, as long as (1) it works and (2) it's fast.
Humanity is mind-controlled and only slightly more conscious than your average zombie.
Over the last couple of years I have gotten an average of 2,000 letters a week from fans.
Each of the seventeen tribunals during a long period burned annually, on an average, ten miserable beings!
TV has gotten perhaps better than your average film script, but at the same time, it's fun to give it all you've got for a few months and produce a story.