Famous Quotes & Sayings

He is unbelievable. He has the second highest average in the county with a 227 for the year. I can't tell you how many times we've been in games where it came down to the last three and Tony needed three strikes to win and every single time the kid produced.

Half is better than nothing for our average member who lives paycheck to paycheck on $35,000 a year.

Seth Shostak

Charles Darwin sailed around the world for two years on the 'Beagle,' and he had quite a bit of interest in things like the iguanas of the Galapagos, even though they were primitive compared to your average Englishman.

What you have to remember is average fares are at 20-year lows. When you run a fare sale off 20-year lows, you get fantastic fares.

Chubby Checker

Here I am the best batting average in the music industry and I'm a bye word in the industry. I really am. Compared to Rod Stewart, I mean, Rod Stewart big deal. I mean, I know he's good and everything, but I played a show two years ago and I had to star under Eddie Money.

Having said that, I think that on average prices will go higher. I suspect when we do our weekly pump price survey next week, we could well see prices push a little higher than they are today.

Hawaiians are pretty complacent sitting out here in the middle of the Pacific. I don't think the average person has any concept of the threat.

He's a great hitter. He's gone through a spell where things haven't dropped his way. His average is starting to climb again.

Her lower scoring average is a compliment to the rest of the team. I see it that way and I know she does, too.

God really has cursed the sports fans of Chicago. It defies the law of averages when you think about it: 1908 and 1917. God didn't want it to happen. But if the White Sox ever win again, they'll probably set off a hydrogen bomb.

(Goode) has got great balance and a big offensive line in front of him. Those guys must average about 270 or 280 (pounds). He's got good field awareness and breakaway speed.

He's got over 800 now. so if he continues his average of more than 20 points a game, he could do it. He's a great shooter that really has a quick shot. He has the green light to shoot whenever he thinks he can make it.

He's got out of the dangerous zones and life-threatening situations more than the average person and, therefore, my belief is that he's going to pull through. Every day is another battle. The man is fighting for his life, but that's not the first time he's been doing it.

He scores goals in bunches so its obvious we're going to need him and everybody else to show up for the next two games. When we don't bring our speed to a game we're a pretty average team but on the nights we're flying we're pretty much unstoppable. I think the guys realize what team we need out there to wrap this thing up.

Historically, the state usually falls further behind the nation during periods of economic weakness, as experienced in 2002 into 2003. However, job quality also fell by more than the national average in 2004.

I think it's good news for the economy. When you take away the GM strike and average last month's figures with this month's, you see employment growth at moderate levels, which is good for sustainable growth.

Richard McCabe

I think it's all part of the bottoming out process that the market average have been going through since mid-April,

I think it's inexcusable we don't do a better job of training. The average turnover rate is something like 136 percent, so they actually lose more drivers than they're able to hire.

It certainly helps with equipment. For the average player, it makes it easier to play. But, from an optimum standpoint, you need to learn to hit the ball solid, and people don't because they don't have the mechanics necessary to do so.

Larry Sabato

It is a constant struggle for most public officials between representing average constituents and taking care of the interest groups and wealthy individuals who fund the campaigns.

I think the overall numbers will be average at best.

I thought defensively we did a really good job on a team that averages 83 points per game. I was very pleased with our execution at both ends of the court.

Ann Robinson

I think the average citizen is going to see no less than a $1,500 or more increase in what it's going to cost for basic living next year, ... Taking sales tax off food isn't going to take care of all of that, but I think it's a way that we can help.

I think the average American has forgotten the great feel for liberty and accountability that the framers of the Constitution believed.

I think the average American has a better idea how to manage their health care costs, to make better decisions for their families than an insurance underwriter, an insurance company executive, or bureaucrat in Tallahassee or Washington. I think people make good decisions given the proper incentives.

We expect to see only a moderate increase in room supply: about 1.2% this year, compared with a historical average of 2.2% in the U.S..

We've been waiting for something like this for a long time. But we need to resist the temptation to put too much weight on any one month's report -- probably the best thing to do is to average out the past few months; that gives a clearer picture.

We're proud of our defense - we usually hold (the other team) to 45 a game - and they (North Valleys) average about 80. It's gonna be a battle. We haven't been successful with high-scoring teams. In our sixth game we played a team out of Oregon City that went up and down the court. We didn't match up well with them. Same with a Logan, Utah team, which beat us convincingly.

We talked before the meet about our top five average time last year in the county. Our average was 19:11 last year and it was 19-even this year. We improved 11 seconds. We had set a goal of at least 10 seconds. I was pretty pleased. Any time you take the top five you have to be pleased.

We're not worried at all. Guys are going to get there. They're going to be fine. Once league play starts, you'll see those averages start going up.

What we are taking is a Dow Jones industrial average of sexual content.

We've gone from comfortable U.S. gasoline stocks to average and seem to be heading very clearly toward the low of the range. The market is worried about that.

We've given up only 40 points a game on average during the season. It's probably gone down now in the tournament.