Mediocrity Quotes · Page 18

“To become a better you, admit that you were not born for the floor. Refuse to embrace mediocrity anytime anywhere.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“The only sin is mediocrity. (While widely attributed to Martha Graham she attributed this to her father)”

— Martha Graham

But none of us wants to be average. That we are so is a melancholy fact borne in upon us in middle…

— Margaret Benson

We are the mediocre, we are the half givers, we are the half lovers, we are the savourless salt. Break the hard…

— Caryll Houselander

Rock 'n' roll, for me, is another award for underachievers. It is nothing but a testament to mediocrity.

— Frank Sinatra Jr

We have these ambitions that are very hard to accomplish because life puts us in our place. We have this battle with…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

We live in an age of mediocrity. Stars today are not the same stature as Bogie [Humphrey Bogart], James Cagney, Spencer Tracy,…

— Lauren Bacall

You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality.

— Sarah Vowell

Acceptance and assimilation, you know, breeds mediocrity and perhaps an even more sheep-like conformism in terms of what kind of music you're…

— John Cameron Mitchell

Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity…

— Rani Mukerji

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

nobody means to get carried away in mediocrity, but it happens, it happens unless you think about everything you do, unless you…

— Richard Bach

I think that Tupac was the trendsetter, the high mark. What we hope his music will continue to do is to at…

— Afeni Shakur

If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15…

— Kim Cattrall

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common…

— Anonymous

Mediocrity is always in a rush; but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing…

— Anonymous

Fear causes people to draw back from situations. It brings on mediocrity, it dulls creativity, it sets one up to be a…

— Fran Tarkenton

The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with…

— Henry David Thoreau

Our literature, despite several false starts that promised much, is chiefly remarkable, now as always, for its respectable mediocrity.

— H. L. Mencken

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal…

— James F. Cooper

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

— William Hurt

We live in a world where mediocrity is the norm. Strive for excellence, and you will stand out.

— Anonymous

I have a low tolerance for mediocrity in music and life. I'm into pain and joy and the in-between doesn't interest me.

— Steve Earle

The mediocrity with which Africa has been ruled is responsible for its underdevelopment.

— Raila Odinga

They say misery loves company, but so does mediocrity. Don't let the limiting beliefs of OTHERS limit what's possible for YOU.

— Hal Elrod

Only ambitious nonentities and hearty mediocrities exhibit their rough drafts. It's like passing around samples of sputum.

— Vladimir Nabokov

The way that I am now, I don't want to accept mediocrity. I don't want to accept the easy road.

— Joe Nichols

Do you know what keeps most people average? They complain about the noise when opportunity comes knocking.

— Tsepiso Makhubedu

One mustn't mistake bling for excellence, just as one mustn't mistake quiet for mediocre.

— Kevin McCloud

You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it's getting raised regardless.

— Seth Godin

“Here we begin frank speculation. And since we are speculating, we'll use those powerful pseudo-laws, the Principles of Mediocrity and Minimal Assumption.”

— Vernor Vinge

Once you decide that mediocrity is unthinkable, your only choices are excellence and quitting.

— Nick Murray

Pessimists are second rate people. They do not believe in life. ... All they want to do is drag you down and…

— Uell Stanley Andersen

As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you'll pay for what you used to get for…

— Tom Petty

“An important step in escaping mediocrity is to stop worrying about what other people think of you.”

— Bryant McGill

“It's better to do something with quality, no matter how long it takes you rather than do something mediocre, with constant quantity.”

— Oscar Auliq-Ice

Certainly that sputterless little candleflame of the mediocre mind known as 'common sense' has never produced anything worth celebrating.

— Tom Robbins

Our colleges ought to have lit up in us a lasting relish for a better kind of man, a loss of appetite…

— William James

“i was poised for greatness, but the poising game me a cramp so i have instead just settled for comfortable mediocrity... (Vimrod # 4904)”

— Ralph Lazar

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.

— George Will