Quotes of: Mediocrity Keyword

This was a really big opportunity. This script was even mediocre. The idea was great, but Jay came on with his guys made it great and very specific. It all came together well.

Sean William Scott

I'd rather write one good book than ten mediocre ones.

Donna Tartt

I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.

John Corigliano

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

Eric Hoffer

Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way.

Blaise Pascal

Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

George S. Patton Jr.

The mediocre leader tells. The good leader explains. The superior leader demonstrates. The great leader inspires.

Gary Patton

Everyone wants a prodigy to fail; it makes our mediocrity more bearable.

Harold Bloom

The way that I am now, I don't want to accept mediocrity. I don't want to accept the easy road.

Joe Nichols

There's never been a better time to let the leaves of mediocrity fall from your tree of life.

David Ault

I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists.

Brigitte Bardot

In the race of life I would rather to be around the best and sink than to be around mediocrity and swim.

Xela Ffonrims

I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard.

Ernst Lubitsch

humility must not be equated to mediocrity and cowardice

Distinctive Footprints of Life: Where Are You Heading Towards?

If a book can save—redeem us from the mediocrity of the mundane—surely, there must be a God.

On Being a Rat and Other Observations

Time is the friend of the wonderful business, the enemy of the mediocre.

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

The real zombie-apocalypse is the pandemic of drama and mediocrity.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Competitively, I’m looking for the edge. I need to shave off inefficiencies and get rid of this Beard of Mediocrity.

Sleepwalking is restercise

I don't think anybody's goal is to be mediocre. I think everybody should want to be the best. I've always felt that way. I want to be at the best at everything I do.

Justin Verlander

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

Norman Vincent Peale