Famous Quotes & Sayings

We mortals cross the ocean of this world Each in his average cabin of a life

We have to do much better than that. We need to average 3.5 to 4 yards per carry. If we can't do that it will be a long stretch for us. But I think we can.

We went from an average eight to 10 properties a week in Spain to selling one to two a month and it's gearing up to those levels (8 to 10) now with Turkey.

We had three camps operating simultaneously with 120 foamy boards in the water. That was intolerable for the average recreational surfer.

There are a lot more high-end homes in the area. When you have an average home price of more than $400,000, people have more money to spend on luxury homes.

Wolf Blitzer

We try to use all of our resources without making it too busy or crazy out there, ... I'm sensitive to how this is going to play in Peoria, how average viewers -- say, my uncle, who may not know what Google is -- might respond.

With gasoline futures at records a nationwide average of $3 at the pump is likely in the near-term.

We are certainly not out of the woods yet. Growth is still well below par - just hitting the euro-zone average - and with consumer spending dropping and the pressure piling on exports to take up the slack, we could be in for a bumpy 2006.

We expect that to be typical for the average customer.

We expect that average selling prices for the second quarter of 2006 will be flat to slightly up sequentially. We also expect that gross margins will continue to grow by between 50 to 100 basis points sequentially in the second quarter of 2006.

The singing can last as long as 10, 15, 20 minutes to as long as 23 hours -- on average we are looking at three hours.

The second phase of development has started in India with GDP rate being ratcheted up to 7-8pc a year versus the 5.9pc average of the last 10 years.

E. P. Thompson

The study shows that there are clear features in brain images that are different for smart children versus average children. Now it should become extremely fast to identify some of the main factors that make the brain develop in a healthy way...such as how kids are taught, their diet, their parental upbringing, or...genetics.

The tail is wagging the dog. While the conservative leadership feels Bush is betraying them, the average rank and file conservative doesn't feel that way.

The survival rate of SBDC clients is dramatically higher than the average small business. We know we have enabled people to go into business and stay in business at a level far higher than the average small business.

The threshold should be 3:30. With the average approaching 3:30, we have to be concerned because a number of games went beyond that.

The supply of semiconductor devices is becoming more constrained, and the downward pressure on the average selling prices of devices seen in 2005 has eased. Any lengthening of device lead-times in coming months will be seen as further evidence of a tightening market.

The thing that's really scary is now that we're out of the cold weather rule, a lot of the people we're seeing are coming in with average $600 gas or electric bills.

The thing that's really lacking in our offense right now is a big-play guy. We've got a bunch of blue-collar receivers and a bunch of average running backs, and it shows.

Richard Hamilton

The thing about it is, we've got five superstars out there. We want one guy to go out there and average 30, we can do that. But we know what we want at the end. We want to win a championship.

Kurt Cobain

I've always had a problem with the average macho man- they've always been a threat to me.

Mark Zandi

The Fed chair doesn't matter a lot to the average person in normal times. He matters an awful lot when things aren't going well -- when the financial markets freeze, or there's a 9/11 or Y2K or Iraq war. When people lose confidence, the Fed chairman is vital to restoring confidence and ensuring functioning financial markets and economy.

The consensus view is that immigration has a negative impact on the real wages of native workers. We have shown that the effects of immigration on the average wages of (U.S.) natives indeed turn positive and large.

The continued rise of our three-month average since October 2005 still shows strength in the market and, significantly, this discouraged the MPC from cutting interest rates in February.

Mike Richards

The costs we incur for paying for natural gas we have to pass on to the customer. We do everything we can to keep prices down because of our customers. One of the things we suggest to our customers is average billing. This is where your bill can be averaged out over 12 months. It is a big help and a good thing to do for our customers.

The Chinese spend an average of $175 per day when they are abroad. That is what is keeping China on a lot of people's radar.

I'm going to be 80 in three months. That's about 10 years more than the average guy even does as far as I can tell. And, I'm getting tired, and I figured I've put in my time.

It comes as no surprise that average Americans have a different perception of the economy than (US President) George W. Bush and his friends. They can play around with statistics as much as they want, but it's clear that we have an unfair distribution of wealth.

Julia Gillard

We are constantly being told that we've never been wealthier. And many of us are. On average we all are. But that's just the problem.. no one is average.

We have a bunch of guys who work hard. On this team, we have four guys who average double-figures in scoring, and I think we did what we needed to do tonight.

This was just an average meet. There was nothing sensational. Hopefully, it'll be a wake-up call and our girls will get the picture. If we plan to win a fifth straight state title, these times will have to come down.

This weekend everyone in the country shoots and that score is worth 50 percent of the score you need to make it. We have a decent average with our top three scores.

This team averaged 37 points a game last year, so to shut a team out like that is a credit to these guys.