Elasticated Waist Quotes & Sayings

It is not that the average is never useful. Averages have their place. If you're comparing two different groups of people, like comparing the performance of Chilean pilots with French pilots - as opposed to comparing two individuals from each of those groups - then the average can be useful. But the moment you need a pilot, or a plumber, or a doctor, the moment you need to teach this child or decide whether to hire that employee - the moment you need to make a decision about any individual - the average is useless. Worse than useless, in fact, because it creates the illusion of knowledge, when in fact the average disguises what is most important about an individual. — Todd Rose

The orb allows for constant dynamic feedback. — David Rose

Christophe peeled the shrimp slowly and carefully: that was his way around her, and it was the exact opposite of his usual demeanor. She knew it for what it was: love. — Jesmyn Ward

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. — Bruce Lee

Turns out, most girls would rather put on lip gloss than play with sand toads. — Jenny Lundquist

Everyone in England knows about Burberry, and it kind of represents a standard of being well-dressed ... But the nice thing is, they have a lot of clothes, so I still feel like myself whenever I'm wearing their clothes. — Tom Odell

God is not an American. Nature did not design Americans to be prosperous forever. — Richard Lamm

People are trying to figure out how to pay bills and make ends meet. They don't want to turn on the TV and say, 'What is this crap?' — Bill Engvall

People now, especially with the Internet, are connected. They have an expectation of behaviour, of accountability, avoiding conflict and fair and just competition. — Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Boredom, as her mother had always told them, was a state to be pitied, the province of the witless. — Kate Morton

Her heart was beating appreciably faster, and she took more rapid breaths, but she was enjoying herself. Adventuresses are born, not made. — Kerry Greenwood

It seemed impossible that a scrappy book like 'Goon Squad' could win an award like that. It's such an iconic honor. I think what the Pulitzer means to me is that I'll need to work very, very hard to try to live up to it. — Jennifer Egan