Mediocre Quotes · Page 12

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

— Simone de Beauvoir

Nothing is more inspiring than a person with seemingly mediocre talent rising against the odds to become a champion by way of…

— Zig Ziglar

Well, I think the secret is if you have a lot of stocks, some will do mediocre, some will do okay, and…

— Peter Lynch

[I]t is necessary to insist upon this extraordinary but undeniable fact: experimental science has progressed thanks in great part to the work…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre.

— Danny Strong

For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.

— M. Night Shyamalan

Everyone's terrified of being mediocre. Everyone wants to be special.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

If a legislator is safe from competition, or if he represents groups with the same economic and political beliefs, he does not…

— Edward Kennedy

Good, bad mediocre or whatever it is, if a director wants me in his movie, I take it as a compliment.

— Scott Caan

When you play all that as a body of work there are four great songs, four mediocre songs and four bad songs.…

— Randy Bachman

For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise…

— Haruki Murakami

Living is not this tawdry, mediocre, disciplined thing which we call our existence. Living is something entirely different; it is abundantly rich,…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.

— Diane Keaton

There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as…

— Carmen Ejogo

To be mediocre, when only application and diligence would have netted superiority, is an error akin to sin.

— Spencer W. Kimball

“Not being impressed by anyone or anything is one of the surest paths to a life of mediocrity.”

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

I was just a cheap little starlet hardly acting at all in a very mediocre film.

— Brigitte Bardot

In the contest between talent and hard work as to which is the more important element of success, there's no comparison. A…

— David Joyner

Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go…

— Frank Zappa

Superiority and success doesn't favor good effort or self-esteem... The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take…

— Bobby Knight

I've always known from the beginning of my acting career that you only get an acting job if you've got something to…

— Lance Henriksen

At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to…

— Walter Mosley

There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as…

— Carmen Ejogo

“Apathy is giving up when we need to get up.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

I could have been a mediocre tap dancer.

— Brad Hall