Famous Quotes & Sayings

Troy Aikman

This is really unbelievable what Carolina has done to this Chicago defense. They have made the defense look very average here tonight.

This is still in the early stages. For your average American on the street, this isn't something that he's into.

This is sort of a security weather report for your average Joe.

Gary Jones

The way you measure improvement in a player is different with each guy. When we (managers, organization officials) look at stats we see different things than the average fan. A player might hit .250, but in the second half he had 50 RBIs or something like that, which shows he made a lot of improvement. That's how we have to look at things.

The way we've always viewed our role is just giving the average taxpayer an equal voice in the process.

John Krasinski

The way the British 'Office' got away with being so dark was that it only had 13 episodes. There are realistic elements that people obviously enjoy, but they don't necessarily want to relive the trials and tribulations of their average work day.

This business had its fair share of challenges in 2005 including significant expenses from legal and regulatory matters and higher than average (financial adviser) turnover. The very competitive market for brokers and the focus on our talent has been our biggest challenge this year.

This 11% rise in average revenue, combined with higher output and lower costs, will see earnings rise significantly.

They shoot well and don't turn the ball over, and that's why they can get out-rebounded by an average of 5.8 a game and still win 20 games.

They were getting only minimal relief, ... And I was concerned about property tax relief. I took a look at the average home owner in District 4, and the proposed plan only offered $18 a month or less in tax relief. That was not substantial enough.

It's a huge difference in price. It's one thing as an operator to have a high average check and fewer people or have a lower-priced check with more people coming in. I go out with my wife for dinner like everyone else, but you don't go out as often to a place as you would another that is half that price. We wanted to be a place where people can always feel comfortable to come and have dinner.

It?s a little detrimental to the average gymnast. There are going to be a lot lower scores for the average gymnast, but it will separate ones with the requirements and show their talent a little more.

It's a line that can make an average back into a good one.

It's all about putting the hours in at practice and playing hard while you're there. I've been playing tennis for four or five years now. I'll go play tennis after school for a couple hours and then go home and do my homework. That's pretty much an average weekday for me.

Greg Smith

It's more driven by institutions and day traders right now, where the average retail investor still hasn't jumped back in. Retail tends to be late to the game.

It's maturity -- I'm not your average recruit. I can talk better with the coaches on a one-on-one basis, and they love it.

It's very complex - P2P is very large objects, very long sessions, undocumented protocols, it's very demanding. Your average copy of Squid or Microsoft ISA is not capable of dealing with P2P.

It's not something the average consumer is going to know how to decode.

For instance, a dashboard showing traffic flow in a train or bus terminal needs to reflect data that is changing every minute, whereas a dashboard showing average deal size by sales rep for a retailer may only require daily or weekly updates. The process dictates the requirement for real-time updates or real-time data access.

Joan Smith

For many of our friends who are gay, this is not a significant event in their lives. It doesn't mean that I can now claim Marilyn as a dependent. It doesn't mean that I can leave her my money without consequence. It doesn't give me the same rights as the average American.

For every two horses in our sample we were able to get a molecular measure of their relationship. It turned out that that was on average 47%,

They are saving on average seven hours a month from beating traffic.

Reggie Jackson

You can't help but see it every day. You get to the ballpark and the batting average is on the scoreboard.

This precinct, being a large precinct, is below average but that's more than I expected, ... My guess is we might get 200-250 votes based on the rate we are going now. I hope we beat that.

John Simpson

There were huge surprises for the average marketer in this study.

There were a lot of different ways to look at the data. But people have enough difficulty understanding power in general so I kept it simple and looked at lap time versus average power.

Tim Smith

There were pretty strong winds, so the FAA instituted ground delays, which slowed down the entire air-traffic control system for New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., and so forth. Because of that, we are running behind. The good news is ... we have enough seats on the average flight to put people onto other flights and thin the schedule.

There probably weren't many guys around the country, if any, who scored 41 points last weekend. Then you see he averages over 20 (points), averages over 10 (rebounds). Some guys can't get that in one game. He does it every night.

There's a higher level of skills being required. The average pay levels have been going up.

There may be certain parts of the country that see that, but for the U.S. average I don't think we have anything nearly that low.

John Linder

You replace it by 23 percent tax, a frank, transparent tax embedded in the cost at retail, and everybody gets to takes their whole check home. And the average income earner gets a 50 percent increase in take-home pay.

Zero elevation (or 'sea level') on Mars is essentially the planet's average elevation.

Ron Paul

You run the risk of customers trading down, which drives down check averages and hurts profits.