Hungry fighters win fights.
—Norman Mailer, 1960
Normal is the wrong name often used for the average.
—Henry S. Haskins, 1940
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for—in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
—Ellen Goodman
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The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.
—Bruce Cockburn, 1983
Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from.
—Jodie Foster, 2004
Men who never get carried away should be.
—Malcolm Forbes, 1979
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
—Søren Kierkegaard, 1844
If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.
—Mario Andretti
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As quoted, without a date, in several generally reliable collections, including Wikiquote.
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He is a famous race car driver.
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—Norman Mailer, 1960
Normal is the wrong name often used for the average.
—Henry S. Haskins, 1940
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for—in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
—Ellen Goodman
21
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.
—Bruce Cockburn, 1983
Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from.
—Jodie Foster, 2004
Men who never get carried away should be.
—Malcolm Forbes, 1979
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
—Søren Kierkegaard, 1844
If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.
—Mario Andretti
22
21
As quoted, without a date, in several generally reliable collections, including Wikiquote.
22
He is a famous race car driver.
On Human Attitudes
85