“The average IQ in America is—and this can be proven mathematically—average.”
“The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.”
“America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.”
“ 'Is that really the best you can say? An average-looking boy? An awful lot of boys are average-looking, S.Q.!' And poor S.Q., he just kept arguing that 'this boy was especially average-looking.' " ~ Kate Wetherall, The Mysterious Benedict Society”
“An average person with average talent, ambition and education can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals.”
“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.”