October 1991, quoted in the Tri-City Herald, published in Kennewick, Washington.
Former Gov. Dixy Lee Ray, speaking at a Forward Washington conference in Pasco, warned her audience against misuse of statistics. The Tri-City Herald quoted the always quotable Ray as saying: 'Beware of averages. The average person has one breast and one testicle.' — Jean Godden, " How Many Lawyers Do You Need To Fry Spam? http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19911009&slug=1309893", October 9, 1991, Seattle Times. Accessed 29 August 2012.
“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.”
Source: South Africa and Global Apartheid: Continental and International Policies (2003), p. 8
Source: Debunking Economics - The Naked Emperor Of The Social Sciences (2001), Chapter 10, The Price Is Not Right, p. 235
Source: An Introduction To Probability Theory And Its Applications (Third Edition), Chapter XIV, Random Walk And Ruin Problems, p. 349.
“I'm an average person. Is just that I like reading.”
IQ84 (2009-2010)
Variant: I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books.
Source: 1Q84 BOOK 1
“The attitude of the average person to the world they live in is completely selfish.”
Two in the Bush (1966)
Context: The attitude of the average person to the world they live in is completely selfish. When I take people round to see my animals, one of the first questions they ask (unless the animal is cute and appealing) is, "what use is it?" by which they mean, "what use is it to them?" To this one can reply "What use is the Acropolis?" Does a creature have to be of direct material use to mankind in order to exist? By and large, by asking the question "what use is it?" you are asking the animal to justify its existence without having justified your own.
“One of the greatest delusions of the average man is to forget that life is death's prisoner.”
On the Heights of Despair (1934)
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