An important job of the critic is to savage what is mediocre or meretricious. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The post-war "publish or perish" tyranny must end. The profession has become obsessed with quantity rather than quality. [...] One brilliant article… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
There are pockets of great food in Spain, but there are also pockets of very mediocre food in Spain, and the same… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
Controversy is what mediocre people start because they can't communicate anything meaningful. — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
Every successful man or great genius has three particular qualities in common. The most conspicuous of these is that they all produce… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better. — Edwin Louis Cole Copy Share Image
It can be said unequivocally that good teaching is far more complex, difficult, and demanding than mediocre research, which may explain why… — Page Smith Copy Share Image
Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity. — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
I think the difference between middleweight and welterweight is, I can be a mediocre middleweight or I can be the welterweight champion. — Kelvin Gastelum Copy Share Image
I've known people who have not mastered their tools who are good programmers, but not a tool master who remained a mediocre… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
Very ugly or very beautiful women should be flattered on their understanding, and mediocre ones on their beauty. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
As a rule, the man who can do all things equally well is a very mediocre individual. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“Good leaders always bring about transformation... Bad leaders only maintain and preserve long standing mediocrity!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The only thing that I was equipped for with my very mediocre college Arts degree was to get a job in teaching. — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
“As I contemplate a relationship with God, I find that I’m afraid to ride on the coattails of the infinite. But what… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Albert Einstein once reported, "Great spirits have always encountered voilent opposition from mediocre minds." If you want to achieve your own greatness,… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
I made a conscious decision when I was about 17 years old to strive towards mediocrity. I completely abandoned the idea of… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
When a band becomes as truly iconic as the Velvet Underground, there will often be a box set released, overburdened with mediocre… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
