“While the average Malaysian or Thai household spends only 34% of its income on food.”
Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician
2009, Speech: The Socio-Economic Peace Program of Senator Francis Escudero
Source: South Africa and Global Apartheid: Continental and International Policies (2003), p. 8
“While the average Malaysian or Thai household spends only 34% of its income on food.”
Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician
2009, Speech: The Socio-Economic Peace Program of Senator Francis Escudero
Tony Abbott (1957) Australian politician
After being asked by host Lisa Wilkinson to nominate his top achievement in his capacity as Minister for Women, quoted in Sydney Morning Herald, "Tony Abbott names carbon tax repeal as his top achievement as Minister for Women'" http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-names-carbon-tax-repeal-as-his-top-achievement-as-minister-for-women-20141221-12bw42, December 22, 2014 <br class="br">2014
Walter E. Williams (1936) American economist, commentator, and academic
"A case of black self-sabatoge" (31 July 2013)
2010s
“Beware of averages. The average person has one breast and one testicle.”
Dixy Lee Ray (1914–1994) Seventh governor of Washington
October 1991, quoted in the Tri-City Herald, published in Kennewick, Washington. <br class="br">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.
“A guest of one's time and not a member of its household.”
George F. Kennan (1904–2005) American advisor, diplomat, political scientist and historian
Referring to himself, as quoted in Political Realism in American Thought (1977) by John W. Coffey, p. 26
Andrew Zimbalist (1947) American economist
Source: Baseball And Billions - Updated edition - (1992), Chapter 4, Player Performance And Salaries, p. 78.
Ta-Nehisi Coates (1975) writer, journalist, and educator
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Reparations Are Not Just About Slavery But Also Centuries of Theft & Racial Terror, Democracy Now (20 June 2019)
John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) 13th Prime Minister of Canada
September, 1967. Speech to PC convention, quoted in I Never Say Anything Provocative by Wente, Margaret. (Toronto: Peter Martin Associates Limited, 1975.)
Steve Keen (1953) Australian economist
Source: Debunking Economics - The Naked Emperor Of The Social Sciences (2001), Chapter 10, The Price Is Not Right, p. 235