Mediocre Quotes
The idea of excessive diversification is madness. Wide diversification, which necessarily includes investment in mediocre businesses, only guarantees ordinary results.
The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.
A good mathematical joke is better, and better mathematics, than a dozen mediocre papers.
All too often, the security of a mediocre present is more comfortable than the adventure of trying to be more in the future.
A baseball field must be the most beautiful thing in the world. It's so honest and precise. And we play on it. Every star gets humbled. Every mediocre player has a great moment.
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.
Don’t tolerate any form of average. Don’t accept Dis-excellence. Don’t stand for mediocre. If you’re going to settle, then please settle for the absolute best.
The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.
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Women right now, we can't make mediocre [stuff]. Men can and do make tons of mediocre stuff, but I feel like women.
Still being ambitious to want to play on the record, I was a mediocre keyboard player. And uh, I seized the opportunity and played the organ.
When something is just bad, it's often because it is too mediocre in its ambition. The artist hasn't attempted to do anything really outlandish.
Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
I watch mediocre shows that have been on for three or four seasons, and feel angry at them.
A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way any of us will ever be free.
I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.
God doesn't do things halfway. He goes all out! When God does something, it's not just barely enough, mediocre or lukewarm.
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.
If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants
A man of but mediocre talent who is furiously driven by deep desire will get somewhere. He who doesn't desire deeply isn't hurt much by failure.
Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft; it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best.
You don't have enough time to be both unhappy & mediocre. It's not just pointless; it's painful.
Some people insist that "mediocre" is better than "best." They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.
I was making sure everyone knew Crabtree was a mediocre receiver. And when you try the best corner in the game with a mediocre receiver, that's what happens. I appreciate that he knows that now.
Growth does not always lead a business to build on success. All too often it converts a highly successful business into a mediocre large business.
Dear Young People, do not be mediocre; the Christian life challenges us with great ideals!
Do not be content to live a mediocre Christian life: walk with determination along the path of holiness.
If you are a man of learning, read something classic, a history of the human struggle and don't settle for mediocre verse.
As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward.
The mediocre always feel as if they're fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent.
Certainly that sputterless little candleflame of the mediocre mind known as 'common sense' has never produced anything worth celebrating.
A good song to one person could just be something mediocre to somebody else. It's always strange thinking about how songs connect with people.
Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius.
Mediocre men sometimes fear great office, and when they do not aim at it, or when they refuse it, all that is to be concluded is that they are aware of their mediocrity.
If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
