Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Historical records and the law of averages indicate the probability of seeing two consecutive years like 2004 and 2005 is very low.

He's a three-sport performer. He plays for me, then averages like 20 points in basketball and was a state-qualifier in the hurdles for the track team. He's impressive.

He's going through that natural period where people want to nitpick the very few negatives he may have instead of extolling all his positives, ... And in a little over 31 minutes a game he averages 18 and 8. He comes to work every day. He's totally selfless. Yet some want to badger the guy about whatever perceived shortcomings he has. I find that unfortunate because if they spent half the time looking at all his positives it would be a much better story.

If a fund's performance is mediocre, or the fund is having other troubles, average to above-average expenses don't help.

Alex Lee

I don't think we're your average first-year team. We have a lot of guys who have played before and have had success. We've got a lot of guys who are working and improving. We have high hopes for this year.

I expect Jason to come into Kansas State and have a very, very good freshman season. I think he is going to have the opportunity to contribute immediately. I think he can average between 30-32 minutes per game and double figures in both points and rebounds. I think he will be a great fit for a physical conference in the Big 12 because he is a very physical player. He is only going to get stronger, tougher and better as a player under coach Huggins' guidance.

I don't think our team batting average is all that good, but I would love to see what our average is with runners in scoring position. It comes down to hitting with confidence with the right frame of mind.

Tom Daschle

Forty-three percent of their tax benefits go to people earning an average of $900,000, ... We want to provide a cut for families that pay only payroll taxes, who would not be helped under the president's plan.

For those who monitor market charts, a pull-back to around 6,400-6,500 points, or the 72-day moving average for the benchmark index, seems increasingly possible.

Globally, there's a 62% average tariff on agricultural products. In some countriesàit's more than 100%.

I get hate e-mail on the average every three minutes.

If we would have had one more player and he shot the average of the rest of the guys, we would have finished around fifth place or better. Our goal now is if we can't get qualified as a team, that we get as many of our players to the regions as possible and the way they're improving, we could just exceed our expectations.

If we see strong average hourly earnings, that would be bad for stocks and bonds because it puts the inflation bogey-man on the front burner.

Fatih Birol

If this year's average oil price hits $50, then this will slash 0.8 percent of the world economic growth.

The pace of average hourly earnings continues to rise at just a tepid pace leading me to believe that this overall report is a very monetary policy-friendly report.

Maria Cantwell

There is an average of over 500 oil spills a year on Alaskan North Slope, and over 4,000 spills in the last 10 years. Let's not pollute one of the great last refuges of America,

There is an average of 50,000 items in the supermarket. We can only eat 14 to 16 foods daily.

George Osborne

Unless they have disabilities to cope with, no family should get more from living on benefits than the average family gets from going out to work. No more open-ended chequebook.

Anton LaVey

But the average person doesnt have that much imagination. They just want to be entertained. They want to have the tableau presented for them. They dont want to participate beyond a certain point. They want the safety of the herd, to be catered to, sit back and enjoy.

We meet twice a week and average 13 people. I'm very pleased with that.

We looked at companies that got the most A's and the most F's. What we do is we collect on an A to F scale and so we averaged those reports together and a company's rating is an average of those reports.

We made too many mistakes. You can't turn the ball over 20 times and make 8 assists -- half our average -- and win in a final.

HSDPA promises the highest average speeds to date.

He was still able to average a double-double with everything defenses tried to do.

He was more concerned with his batting average than we were. We liked the plate discipline he showed (59 walks) and the power numbers. For a 20-year-old in that league, the walks and power numbers are great predictors for good things.

I would rate our performance as average plus, but this average plus performance leaves us with a positive balance sheet.

I would say he has the opportunity to become as big as Tiger Woods has become. He hits the ball so far, but on the other hand, he's the average Joe.

I was pleased with our performance. This year we had an average time of 19.02.

Steve Alford

If we don't play well, we'll get beat. We're just not good enough to have an average to below-average night and expect to win.

Charles Schumer

If we do nothing and OPEC continues to constrict the supply of oil the average American will pay $1,000 more this year than they did last year out of their pockets,