„Being average means you are as close to the bottom as you are to the top.“

— John Wooden
„I know up on top you are seeing great sights,But down here on the bottom,We too should have rights.“
— Dr. Seuss
„There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.“
— Ben Carson
„People say it's hard at the top, but it's even harder at the bottom.“
— Ozzy Osbourne
„One must fight to get to the top, especially if one starts at the bottom.“
— Franz Kafka
„That change didn't happen from the top down, but it happened from the bottom up.“
— Barack Obama
„There is a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and much less prevalent.“
— George S. Patton
„When the Stranger says: "What is the meaning of this city ?Do you huddle close together because you love each other?"“
— T.S. Eliot
„We're running into a lot of new problems today because of what we emphasize in this culture. The word 'success' to the average person means earning a lot of money and having a home, two cars, children in college. Success to me is entirely different to what success is to the average person. Success is being a successful human being in terms of pursuing what you believe in. If you believe in making paintings, writing poetry, writing music. If this is what you really want, you're successful to yourself. But to be successful to your culture means to sell yourself short of what you really want.“
— Jacque Fresco