You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government.
We don't want to think about our weaknesses. We don't want to talk about them, and we certainly don't want anyone else to point them out. This is a classic sign of mediocrity, and this mediocrity has a firm grip on the Church and humanity at this mom...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: [about the royal composer's position he did not get] Whom did they choose? Antonio Salieri: Herr Zummer. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Herr Zummer? But the man's a fool, he's a total mediocrity! Antonio Salieri: No, no, he has yet...
Television is such a mediocre medium.
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
Media, the plural of mediocrity.
Wizard of Oz: Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain. Back where I come from, we have universities, seats of great learning, wher...
The only sin is mediocrity.
I'm not a big fan of mediocre.
Everything about mediocrity kills me.
Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
Literature is air, and I'm suffocating in mediocrity.
I admit that I myself am far from having a complete command of every topic I touch on, but my knowledge of my subject is always greater than the interest or the understanding of my auditors. You see, there is one very good thing about mankind; the me...
We live in an age of mediocrity.
It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.
My mediocrity is no secret; My battles with it are
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
No sense in settling for mediocre minions
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do.
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
