Quotes for All
The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as an end in itself, but by the struggle to adapt himself favourably to the conditions of life. Ernst Mach
The average man plays to the gallery of his own self-esteem. Elbert Hubbard
The average man believes a thing first, and then searches for proof to bolster his opinion Elbert Hubbard
The average man’s judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it. E. W. Howe
The Lawyers’ trade is a trade built entirely on words. And so long as the lawyers carefully keep to themselves the key to what those words mean, the only way the average man can find out what is going on is to become a lawyer, or at least to study law, himself. All of which … Read more
The average girl would rather have beauty than brains because she knows the average man can see much better than he can think- Ladies’ Home JournalI’d rather have two girls at seventeen than one at thirty-four Fred Allen
Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man which will give his political freedom realty. Franklin D. Roosevelt
It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself. They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction. …And as a result the average man once more confronts the problem that faced the Minute … Read more
Someone should keep reminding Mr. Average Man that he was born free, divine, strong; uncrushable by fate, society, or hell itself; and that he is a child of God, equal heir to all the bounties of God; and that goodness is riches, kindness is power, and freedom is glory. Above all, every man is born … Read more
And heresy is, as I have tried to show, largely the expression of opinion of the untutored average man, trying to grapple with the problems of the universe at the point where they begin to interfere with his daily life and thought. Dorothy L. Sayers