„There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.“

— Ben Carson
„The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience.“
— W.E.B. Du Bois
„Behind a remarkable scholar we not infrequently find an average human being, and behind an average artist we often find a very remarkable human being.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„Being average means you are as close to the bottom as you are to the top.“
— John Wooden
„Being beautiful can never hurt, but you have to have more. You have to sparkle, you have to be fun, you have to make your brain work if you have one.“
— Sophia Loren
„Being beautiful can never hurt, but you have to have more. You have to sparkle, you have to be fun, you have to make your brain work if you have one.“
— Sophia Loren
„The hardest thing to do is to write straight honest prose on human beings. First you have to know the subject; then you have to know how to write.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists. Our pitch is a bit like that. From the top it's a disgrace but the ball rolls at normal speed.“
— José Mourinho