I like to be loved or hated - I don't like mediocre. So I'd rather have the entire crowd hate me than to have 90% hate me.
Anyone in the humor business isn't thinking clearly if he doesn't surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity - or you burn yourself out.
When screening engineers from other companies, its smart to value engineers from great companies more than those from mediocre companies.
My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.
The fact is that Superman isn't around because he is the oldest superhero. He's still around because he is a great superhero. He's the guy that spawned the entire genre, and that didn't happen because it was a mediocre idea.
I would rather write or record something great and have it overlooked than do mediocre work and have it be popular.
A good project but a poor director will always make a mediocre film, but an average script and good director can make a good film, as he will put in everything to make the film look good.
I have worked on very good movies that have been buried, and I've worked on some resounding mediocrities that have been paraded through the marketplace like they were masterpieces.
By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered.
In you is the ability that will move you from nonentity and mediocrity to an entity of meteority. Take responsiblity now!
Watch, listen, and learn. You can’t know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.
Too often, we put up with mediocrity, telling ourselves that later in life we’ll do what we want.
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
I resent having witnessed the survival of some very mediocre male actors and the professional demise of the very brilliant female ones.
There's so much truly putrid advertising out there it's embarrassing. But not all advertising is bad. Some of it is really quite mediocre.
I'm really proud of 'Cars.' 'Cars,' when it first came out, got probably the most mediocre reviews of a Pixar film.
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how great their other talents.
It's better to do something with quality, no matter how long it takes you rather than do something mediocre, with constant quantity.
There is time to compromise. There is time to absolutely abhor d word. Most times it is the latter. Compromise is mediocrity. Compromise is cheap.
