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Everybody thinks they're above average. Obviously not everybody can be above average. Somebody has to be below average.


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I'm right below above average intelligence.
KRIS HUEN I'm right above below average intelligence.
KRIS HUEN Obviously it's above average, or even superior.
PETER WALKER He has solid, above-average receiving skills and is above-average in handling a pitching staff. He'l...
ALLARD BAIRD That's true if the company, the plan, has a premium that's at or below the average. If it's above th...
DAVID HOLDEN Last year she was an average to an above-average setter. This year her setting has tremendously impr...
CATHERINE YOUNG At this stage it looks like this year's ozone hole will be quite average or maybe a little above ave...
GEIR BRAATHEN The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.
COLIN POWELL An average trader loses money, so in this profession, you need to be way above average to make consi...
HENRIQUE M. SIMõES I can virtually guarantee at today's value levels, no matter what, over multiple years they will ris...
WHITNEY TILSON It's well above average this afternoon.
JENNIFER SCHACK Wal-Mart hires average people but squeezes above average performance and results out of them.
MICHAEL BERGDAHL The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.
CHARLES EDWARDS The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.
DR. CHARLES EDWARDS That is about average for a recovery. It's above the recovery we saw in the early '90s, but signific...
GREGORY MANKIW If you want to experience above-average returns, technology is the place to be.
JAY FERRARA They aimed initially to increase the per capita income to above the state average, to maintain a man...
JIM DAVIS Of course it's benefited from commodity prices, but it's growing organically well above average. The...
JOSEPH ALLMAN If a fund's performance is mediocre, or the fund is having other troubles, average to above-average ...
BRIDGET HUGHES April has been running way above normal. The average monthly temperature (this month) is 78.8, which...
ALFREDO VEGA People should realize that there is variation here. Everybody wants to focus on the average. Nobody ...
GARY CLAXTON Fidelity has an above average number of talented managers, ... They're the best in the business.
JIM LOWELL During my school years, I was never a brilliant student, but just an average one, with only above av...
ABHIJIT NASKAR With this agreement, we're above average in the (Mexican) automotive industry.
JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ I think we've had three years in a row of above-average rainfalls.
BRIAN DUPLESSIS We had a good turnout, I'm going to guess that it was above average.
JEAN GRANT He doesn't flaunt it in front of everybody, but everybody knows it. Anytime somebody has a math ques...
PETE GUYTON The professionals are going to be joined by the average Joe. Everybody's a publisher.
ERIC BROWN My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.
PATRICK J. KENNEDY It's a fair price only if you believe Citigroup is an average company. I think it's an above-average...
BILL FRIES I am below average!
STEPHEN CHBOSKY There are average athletes, then there are above-average athletes. He has started for four years - e...
LEE ATKINS With stocks at 47.9 pct above the five-year average, any upward momentum on futures prices is expect...
BEN WEAGRAFF The quality of Apple's advertising is consistently above average. And more often than not, it's worl...
ALLEN ADAMSON The price for being above average is having a hard time finding people like yourself.
DEDRICK D. L. PITTER She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average.
CARDINAL JEAN FRANCOIS DE RETZ Probably what Quest is seeing is an opportunity to access an above-average labor force.
BILL LAFAYETTE He tends to own more foreign stocks than his competitors. That may be part of the explanation behind...
SONYA MORRIS The average IQ in America is - and this can be proven mathematically - average.
P. J. O'ROURKE The average IQ in America is—and this can be proven mathematically—average.
P.J. O'ROURKE In the second half they will probably be a bit below the average, but not substantially.
ADRIAN SCHMIDT Our average daily temperature (for January) was 15 degrees above normal in Garden City. In terms of ...
CURTIS THOMPSON Through yesterday, our average temperature was a full nine degrees above normal. That's pretty extra...
DANIEL HUCKABY That's definitely below-average, below what we should do.
ANTHONY FASANO He is as was advertised. He's a good solid catcher, he has a good quick release. He has an average t...
MIKE HARGROVE Training programs shouldn't be designed to deliver competence; they must be dedicated to produci...
BRANDON WEBB We currently forecast what we believe is a 'reasonable' recovery, which includes assumptions for sli...
JOSEPH OSHA We'll get a better handle about how can this company, in a non-growth environment ,can grow at an ab...
NICHOLAS HEYMANN I'm pretty happy. I obviously have complaints about things, but for the most part, I'm on th...
DAVID CROSS The average person thinks he isn't.
FATHER LARRY LORENZONI The average person thinks he isn't.
LARRY LORENZONI My goal was to keep my average above .290. As long as I did that, I was happy.
BRIAN FINEGAN In two losses, we've significantly fouled above our average. We can't afford to put [Penn] at the li...
BILL HOLDEN I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.
RICHARD DAWKINS If you're above the state average (on the MEAP tests), you should feel comfortable about the AYP.
GAYLE GREEN We were actually below average before the storm.
BRIAN CIEMNECKI Andrew has an above average curve, a good change-up and he keeps his fast ball low so they don't hit...
CHRIS REILLY I have found that my fan base is a bit above average when compared to the common horror fan.
ADAM GREEN There's been an odd month which has had above average but it's been a notable dry period. There are ...
WAYNE ELLIOTT The 1940s through the 1960s experienced an above-average number of major hurricanes, while the 1970s...
MAX MAYFIELD He's got, as they say, electric stuff, I guess. He's got a number of pitches that are all above aver...
BOBBY COX People with inferiority intentions do not go after their dreams not because they can't go; but becau...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opini...
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES It's been below average in a lot of places.
BRIAN AVERY San Diego is ranked below average in every category.
SOPHIE BECKMANN You have to be ... very careful with credit-card companies -- that they're not experiencing above-av...
JAMES MCDERMOTT In play, a child is always above his average age, above his daily behavior; in play, it is as though...
LEV VYGOTSKY It is the first time that Dell has exhibited growth below the U.S. market average.
GARTNER INC Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking and all the children are above-average.
GARRISON KEILLOR The number of cancer patients is expected to double by 2012. Central Ohio is slightly above average ...
GLENN BALASKY Younger British Asian women are increasingly self-harming and attempting suicide at rates two to thr...
JASVINDER SANGHERA It looks like it will continue until the end of January. In February, it looks like we'll go back to...
ALEX SOSNOWSKI I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickeni...
WILL SMITH Hurricanes became a media obsession in the mid-'90s, when there were two consecutive above-average y...
GREGG EASTERBROOK Start lifting your brand off the ground with an excelling mentality becoming best at what you do. Yo...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR We try to score the herd as to whether they're average in specific areas, above average or an excell...
DARYL STROHBEHN If you are doing what everyone else is doing, you are doing something wrong. Why? Because most peopl...
ANDY ANDREWS I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly abo...
WILL SMITH The big Northeast coastal snowstorm is over and temperatures actually look to warm to above average ...
JOHN DEE I claim to be no more than an average man with below average capabilities. I have not the shadow of ...
MAHATMA GANDHI Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the c...
GARRISON KEILLOR I think Brad, to me, is the best closer in the game. His stuff is way above average, and he's got a ...
JIM EDMONDS I find it infuriating that in this industry, size 10 and above is defined as 'plus size,' es...
JAMEELA JAMIL April and May are going to be very critical around here. If we continue to see below-average rainfal...
VICTOR MURPHY The world economy is growing at an above average pace for the fourth successive year and, significan...
IAN MACFARLANE Not from the average voter.
ARI ADLER The average life is average
ANDREW FARRELL There has been no global improvement on average. The average quality of governance worldwide has rem...
DANIEL KAUFMAN Even though it's not an above average wage, there is still half the population making less than that...
LYNN GRAY Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.
WILLIAM M. WINANS Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.
WILLIAM M. WINANS We've had a really quick start to the snow season, although it has slowed recently with the warmer t...
MIKE CELLITTI That price is comparable or below prices at Padres games and is still below the NFL average.
BILL JOHNSTON Obviously, companies split when the stock price has gotten beyond the pocketbook of the average inve...
LARRY WACHTEL If you wanted to be average, you would not be reading this book.
LORII MYERS When people see him pitch for the first time, they see someone with average stuff, average sinker, a...
GIL PATTERSON For many of the European insurers, Katrina will likely push the full-year 2005 (earnings) to an abov...
BRIAN SHEA For many of the European insurers, Katrina will likely push the full-year 2005 (earnings) to an abov...
BRIAN SHEA We ended up slightly above normal, but it didn't rank anywhere as far as the warmest winter ... Just...
BRAD REHAK The average age of our collection has obviously gone up because we haven't been able to replace book...
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LARRY DAVID I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, ...
LARRY DAVID It began to dawn on me that perhaps my country needed me more at home than overseas.
LARRY DAVID In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as ser...
LARRY DAVID I tend to stay with the panic. I embrace the panic.
LARRY DAVID If you tell the truth about how you're feeling, it becomes funny.
LARRY DAVID Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's lik...
LARRY DAVID I'm surprised sometimes at how some of my actions are misinterpreted.
LARRY DAVID Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting f...
LARRY DAVID I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
LARRY DAVID I was planning on my future as a homeless person. I had a really good spot picked out.
LARRY DAVID Dementia is our most-feared illness, more than heart disease or cancer.
DAVID PERLMUTTER We may never understand illnesses such as cancer. In fact, we may never cure it. But an ounce of pre...
DAVID AGUS