Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.
During the financial crisis and bailouts of 2008, it probably occurred to very few average people that we were entering a period of hardship for billionaires.
Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders - not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks.
For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn't that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat, now you're average - hey, let's get a pizza!
Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.
My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life.