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Averaged Quotes

What the numbers reveal about a life's routine.

One speaker has averaged one run a week since 1981, adding up to more than 1,000 repetitions without ever tiring of the same course each Day.

I have been working since I was 20, and I'm 38. I actually once averaged out what I had made over my professional life. I think I could have made that much as a waiter or an insurance salesman. You...

Quotes by Sebastian Junger

I have never retired - I have averaged 40 working weeks a year since 1933.

Quotes by Sally Rand

After almost 50 years in which federal spending averaged about 20 percent of GDP, Joe Sestak and Nancy Pelosi took federal spending to 25 percent. You know, that's a 25 percent increase in the size of the government overnight. That's...

Quotes by Pat Toomey

Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that.

Quotes by Larry Elder

Day Quotes

Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that. The man was tired. He was tired.

Quotes by Larry Elder

I only did about one novel a year while I was working full time, but since 1993, I've averaged two and a half books a year.

Quotes by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

I've lived nearby since 1981 and probably have averaged one run a week there. That's more than 1,000 repetitions, and I have yet to tire of this course.

Quotes by Joe Henderson

As a historically voracious reader - pre-baby, I averaged a book every week or two, and when I was a kid, I'd routinely read a book a day - I never understood how some people could not read. When I...

Quotes by Celeste Ng

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the running-related averaged quote about?
A speaker who has averaged one run a week on the same course since 1981, adding up to over 1,000 repetitions without losing enthusiasm for it.
Does one of these quotes compare career earnings to another job?
Yes, one speaker averages out their professional earnings and concludes they could have made about the same as a waiter or insurance salesman.
Is there a quote about never retiring?
Yes, one states they have never retired and have kept up an average of 40 working weeks every year going back to 1933, a long, steady career by any measure.
What does the quote about a father's sleep reveal?
That he averaged only about four hours of sleep a night from working so hard, a detail the speaker says they didn't fully appreciate as a child.
What's the emotional core connecting these averaged quotes?
Quiet respect for consistency and sacrifice, whether it's decades of weekly runs, working weeks that never stopped, or a parent quietly getting by on Half the sleep most people need.

Most striking is a tribute to a hardworking Father who averaged only four hours of sleep a night, a quiet measure of real sacrifice.