Famous Quotes & Sayings

Somehow people look at the performance of the average mutual fund manager and say, 'It's underperforming the superstar of the market, which is the S&P index in the past few years, therefore I can do as well,' ... That's a fallacy. You may be able to do very well, but the fact that the average fund manager is doing worse than average does not mean he's stupid, and his stupidity doesn't make you smart.

My start is never real good and it was average today, and the rest of the race felt great.

My only claim to fame was being all-conference and that came from leading the league in fouls. I averaged 4 a game. Thank God Joe doesn't foul much.

Scott Snyder

Name some European companies and chances are average U.S. citizens have heard of a lot of them, which provides an immediate comfort level based on name recognition.

My rule of thumb is that the national average pump price will typically be 65 cents higher than the NYMEX price, ... Most of that will get passed to consumers within three weeks.

Dennis Johnson

My reputation is as a defender, ... But I tell people there were times that I averaged 19 points, 18.5 points. If you watched me play, or watched the guys I played with, nobody ever did one thing. That's what made us successful.

Look at the two months together, average them out, what we still get is a fairly healthy picture of the consumer coming out of the fourth-quarter doldrums.

(Marcus) is an average athlete, but he's really skilled and understands the game. I think he will have an easy transition to the Division I level.

Literally the most trivial thing gets charged to the taxpayer, (and) things that the average person would never think of trying to buy, like a $70 steak,

Cliff Martinez

I work at home but average 15,000 to 18,000 miles per year on my Honda.

I was happy. We played average at best in the beginning, but when we went down 6-5 we got some rhythm going in our offense and scored the next four goals.

I think our main interest just lay in popular music, something that had a little bit more of a mainstream appeal, that the average person could find accessible.

Jim Talent

I think Roy probably came into Congress with more experience and accomplishments than the average congressman. It helped him hit the ground running in a lot of respects. He was never really a freshman.

I think he can hit for average and power. He can hit it in the gap; he can hit it over the fence. Because of his size and natural ability, he can drive the ball.

It all came home to roost. While revenues were in line, costs were out of control. Too much staff needed to integrate the new and existing centers. There was also the sense it has been marketing products too aggressively. In its enthusiasm to sell new products and drive up the average spend per customers; it may have driven people away.

I think Marlon is a special talent. There's nothing that could stop him from becoming an outstanding big league ballplayer, not an average big league ballplayer." ()

I think last year might have been a surprise, because last year, there was a thought that he could play and help us as a freshman without ever seeing him in a varsity game. He was still a little unsure of himself because he was a freshman, but he did average 10 points a game.

I think I was very average on a lot of their goals. If I play to my capability, we win that game 3-1. I don't think they were doing anything special. ... If we're going to win this thing, I have to make those saves on the bad bounces, but thank God it's a series and it's not college where it's one game and out. We can still get the split.

Alex Berenson

John W. Snow was paid more than $50 million in salary, bonus and stock in his nearly 12 years as chairman of the CSX Corporation, the railroad company. During that period, the company's profits fell, and its stock rose a bit more than half as much as that of the average big company.

Justin averaged 21.5 points and was 11 of 19 on threes and didn't get named last week.

Many people don't realize that we actually produce six different newspapers and the HCN (Houston Community Newspaper)-wide entertainment section Greater Houston Weekly in this office. That is an average of 150 pages each week! We do all that with just a handful of folks - who don't receive much in the way of money for their efforts.

I think those averages can be deceiving. Some of our principals are young.

It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty percent

Robert Stewart

I went to them and said, 'This is what I think we should be doing,' ... It's federal government work funded by taxes, so I asked, 'What's the average person getting out of it?'

Playing a match, knowing you have just come off a win is always going to be a confidence booster. Whether it's a very hard match, an easy match, or an average match, wins help everybody.

James Moore

Platinum still looks a little shaky short-term and has the potential to dip to the 100-day moving average at $935/oz, while palladium could fall back to the $220/oz area.

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Rebuilding stronger and safer and more flood-resistant is a wise investment of tax dollars. There recently has been an independent study by the Mitigation Hazard Council that has indicated that each dollar spent on disaster mitigation saves society on the average of $4.

Mark Twain

Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain

Parlay cards had a good handle and average win, while props did very well. It just took a while to grade them.

Mark Shapiro

Paul had an average fastball and average curve. He was going to pitch in the major leagues, but there was nothing that would particularly distinguish him from lots of other guys.

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.

Mike Gundy

Our offense has been very average and by rotating quarterbacks, we couldn't ever get into synch.