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title: "656 Mediocre Quotes by 505 authors"
description: "Browse 656 Mediocre quotes by 505 authors. Discover the best Mediocre sayings and thoughts."
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> [Convenience is life's recipe for mediocre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-walsh/convenience-is-life-s-recipe-for-mediocre/)

[Kat Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-walsh/)

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> [“Life is too short to be mediocre...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aanchal/life-is-too-short-to-be-mediocre/)

[Aanchal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aanchal/)

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> [Be special. Be anything but mediocre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-roddick/be-special-be-anything-but-mediocre/)

[Anita Roddick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-roddick/)

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> [Only the mediocre are always at their best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giraudoux/only-the-mediocre-are-always-at-their-best/)

[Jean Giraudoux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giraudoux/)

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> [It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-goldwyn/it-s-more-than-magnificent-it-s-mediocre/)

[Samuel Goldwyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-goldwyn/)

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> [I would say I am a mediocre Christian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abby-johnson/i-would-say-i-am-a-mediocre-christian/)

[Abby Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abby-johnson/)

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> [“There is no art in celebrity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-freestone/there-is-no-art-in-celebrity/)

[Jack Freestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-freestone/)

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> [Be not cheap or mediocre in desiring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-pound/be-not-cheap-or-mediocre-in-desiring/)

[Ezra Pound](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-pound/)

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> [As a rule, the man who can do all things equally well is a very mediocre individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/as-a-rule-the-man-who-can-do-all-things-equally-well-is-a-very/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

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> [Equal rights for the sexes will be achieved only when mediocre women occupy high positions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-giroud/equal-rights-for-the-sexes-will-be-achieved-only-when-mediocre-women/)

[Francoise Giroud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-giroud/)

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> [I was just a cheap little starlet hardly acting at all in a very mediocre film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigitte-bardot/i-was-just-a-cheap-little-starlet-hardly-acting-at-all-in-a-very/)

[Brigitte Bardot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigitte-bardot/)

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> [Even if I tried to be my dad, it would be a mediocre, slightly embarrassing version.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-ritter/even-if-i-tried-to-be-my-dad-it-would-be-a-mediocre-slightly/)

[Jason Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-ritter/)

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> [I don't want to be mediocre, this is the fear of my soul and my body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/i-don-t-want-to-be-mediocre-this-is-the-fear-of-my-soul-and-my-body/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

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> [A good mathematical joke is better, and better mathematics, than a dozen mediocre papers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-edensor-littlewood/a-good-mathematical-joke-is-better-and-better-mathematics-than-a/)

[John Edensor Littlewood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-edensor-littlewood/)

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> [“Only the mediocre artist is always at his best.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-banis/only-the-mediocre-artist-is-always-at-his-best/)

[Victor J. Banis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-banis/)

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> [No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/no-i-m-not-interested-in-developing-a-powerful-brain/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

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> [I've never met anyone who has said, "My goal is to make America mediocre." That's a kind of hard-right conservative fallacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/i-ve-never-met-anyone-who-has-said-my-goal-is-to-make-america/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

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> [One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/one-of-the-great-things-with-comedy-is-that-there-s-no-such-thing-as/)

[Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/)

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> [What makes a nation great is not primarily its great men, but the stature of its innumerable mediocre ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ortega-y-gasset/what-makes-a-nation-great-is-not-primarily-its-great-men-but-the/)

[Jose Ortega y Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ortega-y-gasset/)

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> [A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/a-great-production-of-a-black-comedy-is-better-than-a-mediocre/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [If you love everything you do, you will probably end up with mediocre work. I think dissatisfaction with the state of things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-solomon/if-you-love-everything-you-do-you-will-probably-end-up-with-mediocre/)

[Deborah Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-solomon/)

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> [Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-keaton/without-a-great-man-writing-and-directing-for-me-i-realised-i-was-a/)

[Diane Keaton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-keaton/)

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> [Certainly that sputterless little candleflame of the mediocre mind known as 'common sense' has never produced anything worth celebrating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/certainly-that-sputterless-little-candleflame-of-the-mediocre-mind/)

[Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/)

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> [If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-judt/if-active-or-concerned-citizens-forfeit-politics-they-thereby-abandon/)

[Tony Judt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-judt/)

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> [I dont ever want to do anything mediocre. I hear the music in the charts and I dont mean to be rude,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-winehouse/i-dont-ever-want-to-do-anything-mediocre-i-hear-the-music-in-the/)

[Amy Winehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-winehouse/)

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> [We must reject the idea... Well-intentioned, but dead wrong... That the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-c-collins/we-must-reject-the-idea-well-intentioned-but-dead-wrong-that-the/)

[James C. Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-c-collins/)

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> [“Retaliation retards your excellence. Nelson Mandela would not have been named as a great man if not for his courage to forgive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/retaliation-retards-your-excellence-nelson-mandela-would-not-have/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

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> [I hope for so much from every book I read. And time and again, I find myself disappointed. I look across my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boyne/i-hope-for-so-much-from-every-book-i-read-and-time-and-again-i-find/)

[John Boyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boyne/)

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> [Nowadays it is the fashion to pretend that no single individual is ever responsible for a successful advertising campaign. This emphasis on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/nowadays-it-is-the-fashion-to-pretend-that-no-single-individual-is/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

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> [I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-shuster/i-had-to-produce-a-complete-page-or-two-or-three-in-one-day-i-took-a/)

[Joe Shuster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-shuster/)

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> [We sometimes received - and I would read - 200 manuscripts a week. Some of them were wonderful, some were terrible; most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-hacker/we-sometimes-received-and-i-would-read-200-manuscripts-a-week-some-of/)

[Marilyn Hacker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-hacker/)

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> [The problem is this: in order to make money- lots of money- we don't need flawless literary masterpieces. What we need is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/the-problem-is-this-in-order-to-make-money-lots-of-money-we-don-t/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

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> [I think the key that differentiates the good actors from the mediocre ones that are still trying to come up, is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wesley-snipes/i-think-the-key-that-differentiates-the-good-actors-from-the-mediocre/)

[Wesley Snipes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wesley-snipes/)

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> [I got to work with Robert DeNiro once and it was a strange experience. Gwyneth Paltrow and I were doing Great Expectations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/i-got-to-work-with-robert-deniro-once-and-it-was-a-strange-experience/)

[Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/)

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> [A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/a-man-can-be-a-hero-if-he-is-a-scientist-or-a-soldier-or-a-drug/)

[Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/)

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> [Anything would be better in the US than what you have. As a government it's really very low quality, given the fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-fuentes/anything-would-be-better-in-the-us-than-what-you-have-as-a-government/)

[Carlos Fuentes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-fuentes/)

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> [Everyone has options. They are a fixed set of predetermined scenarios, points of view, perceived limitations that already reside in your data…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-lore/everyone-has-options-they-are-a-fixed-set-of-predetermined-scenarios/)

[Nicholas Lore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-lore/)

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> [If a legislator is safe from competition, or if he represents groups with the same economic and political beliefs, he does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-kennedy/if-a-legislator-is-safe-from-competition-or-if-he-represents-groups/)

[Edward Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-kennedy/)

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> [“I marvel at the placidity of the Utopian who imagines that man is perfectible. There is no denying that the human creature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huysmans-joris-karl-huysmans/i-marvel-at-the-placidity-of-the-utopian-who-imagines-that-man-is/)

[Huysmans Joris-Karl Huysmans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huysmans-joris-karl-huysmans/)

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> [Harvard and Yale concentrated with venture capitalists that got the best calls and brainpower. Very few firms made most of the money,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-munger/harvard-and-yale-concentrated-with-venture-capitalists-that-got-the/)

[Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-munger/)

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                        "text": "A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey, or a crummy mediocre politician. A man can be a hero because he suffers and despairs; or because he thinks logically and analytically; or because he is sensitive; or because he is cruel. Wealth establishes a man as a hero, and so does poverty. Virtually any circumstance in a man's life will make him a hero to some group of people and has a mythic rendering in the culture -- in literature, art, theater, or the daily newspapers.",
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                        "text": "Everyone has options. They are a fixed set of predetermined scenarios, points of view, perceived limitations that already reside in your data bank. If you depend on your options to formulate your future, that future will be no more than a rearrangement of your past. Then he says, “Possibilities are completely different. When you ask ‘what is possible?’ you must stretch your imagination out of the confines of the familiar. To live a life beyond the mediocre, ask not ‘what are my options?’ but ‘What is possible?’",
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                        "text": "If a legislator is safe from competition, or if he represents groups with the same economic and political beliefs, he does not have to change his ideas or respond to the needs of the broader population. He can rest content with a mediocre, absentee performance knowing he will be returned to office. And as he is returned year after year the seniority system gives him immense control over people from other parts of the country whose views he need not heed at all.",
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                        "text": "Harvard and Yale concentrated with venture capitalists that got the best calls and brainpower. Very few firms made most of the money, and they made it in just a few periods. Everyone else returned between mediocre and lousy. When returns happened, envy rippled through institutional money management. The amount invested in venture capital went up 10 times post-1999. That later money was lost very quickly. It will happen again. I don't know anyone who successfully resists this stuff. It becomes a new orthodoxy.",
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