Today we've learned to celebrate mediocrity. Back in the day we had creative artists; today we have created artists. — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
There is a certain hidden mediocrity in those who are stationed above us in life, an ability to take liberties in their… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
The real geniuses know where their writing has to be good and where they can get away with some mediocrity. — Dmitri Shostakovich Copy Share Image
America's the great conundrum and the great dream and the great fascination: the new land, the new world, the new temple, the… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“As long as you allow mediocrity to be the height of your enthusiasm, as long as you allow it to be the… — C. Sean McGee Copy Share Image
“Religion asks followers to believe in things nobody can see, however, animal activists ask people to see things they can prove. When… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
A common danger tends to concord. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the weak. In Communism, inequality comes from placing… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
“The dividing line between those who will be great and those who will be mediocre is the amount of time each person… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
I think art must be tough! I think art has to be hard. I don't think it should be easy. I think… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
“Parents and schools are teaching children how not to think, but how to be good little groupthinkers and people of faith, how… — David Sinclair Copy Share Image
Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
With no goals, no priorities, no life strategy of our own, we drift with the herd through an endless meadow of mediocrity,… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
... the major rule in the American belief system - that anyone can do anything ... is a lie that we have… — M. J. Ryan Copy Share Image
“One of the most terrifying questions of all might be, ‘Will I unleash myself to live before death unleashes me from the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization. — Frederick E. Crane Copy Share Image
In any area of human endeavour, there is going to be mediocrity. You're going to find people who get money that they… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“There is an admirable fact about the psychology of France: she knows no half measures, loathsome or sublime, she forges the thought… — Josephin Peladan Copy Share Image
We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it. — Jessica Zafra Copy Share Image
