Country Average

Famous quotes containing the words country and/or average:

“That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)

“...you don’t have to be as good as white people, you have to be better or the best. When Negroes are average, they fail, unless they are very, very lucky. Now, if you’re average and white, honey, you can go far. Just look at Dan Quayle. If that boy was colored he’d be washing dishes somewhere.”
—Annie Elizabeth Delany (b. 1891)