If we [Microsoft Corporation] weren't still hiring great people and pushing ahead at full speed, it would be easy to fall behind… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“All people are standing; you got to standout! All people are breaking grounds; you got to breakthrough grounds! Don't settle for less;… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
To stay vigorous, a company needs to provide a stimulating and challenging environment for all these types: the dreamer, the entrepreneur, the… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
Certainly that sputterless little candleflame of the mediocre mind known as 'common sense' has never produced anything worth celebrating. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
My favorite thing about decorating is mixing different periods and styles. If you have something that's old, and you really do want… — Nate Berkus Copy Share Image
I can't think of a more mediocre human talent than George Bush. He obviously is a product of family advantage, and he's… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
“Change makers take risks and are ready to die for excellence than to give excuses and live for mediocrity.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
But nothing is better than a truth which appears not to have the semblance of truth. There is always something incomprehensible about… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“What will make you great today will never make you great tomorrow! The airplane that Wilbur and Orville Wright invented in 1906… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The idea of excessive diversification is madness. Wide diversification, which necessarily includes investment in mediocre businesses, only guarantees ordinary results. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I have discovered that even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve. — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
A mediocre music teacher tells. A good music teacher explains. A superior music teacher demonstrates. A great music teacher inspires. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
Where neither love nor hatred is in the game, a woman's game is mediocre. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Young people need plenty of difficulties to achieve something.... If you receive a little money for this, a little money for that,… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
The Grand Old Party's abiding affection for a 'bigger and better' presidency isn't entirely logical. After all, the Obama presidency commenced with… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Grass probably helped me as much as it hurt me. Especially as a performer. When you're high, it's easy to kid yourself… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Every issue of the paper presents an opportunity and a duty to say something courageous and true; to rise above the mediocre… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
I made my performance debut in New York City downtown on the Lower East Side in college doing awkward performance art as… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
I watch mediocre shows that have been on for three or four seasons, and feel angry at them. — Andy Richter Copy Share Image
Yes, bad or mediocre ballets can be useful to the dancers and temporarily fun for the audience, but in the long run,… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
The difference between a good picture and a mediocre picture is a question of millimeters - small, small differences - but it’s… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
This was a really big opportunity. This script was even mediocre. The idea was great, but Jay came on with his guys… — Sean William Scott Copy Share Image
Mediocre art is far worse than bad art. Bad art does not waste our time. — Don Paterson Copy Share Image