I've always sworn that not having enough money has saved me from mediocrity. — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
“We force-fit our tiny rubrics over this immense existence of ours until we’ve confused the box we’ve created for the existence we… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Our country is slowly but surely moving - and I've seen it over and over again in many instances in government -… — Elijah Cummings Copy Share Image
Public Opinion, this invisible, intangible, omnipresent, despotic tyrant; this thousand-headed Hydra - the more dangerous for being composed of individual mediocrities... — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Each time a mediocre singer performs, he is saying, in effect, "This is good enough for you." The audience, thrust into that… — Florence King Copy Share Image
Don't settle for mediocrity when you were created for greatness. Know who you are. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Society celebrates mediocrity so much that it does not take much to set yourself above the rest. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
Working collectively and collaboratively is the difference between mediocrity by yourself or success as a team. You have to share the pain… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
I thought I might teach philosophy but the atmosphere of a college faculty repelled me; the few islands of greatness seemed to… — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
Mediocrity is always in a rush; but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good. — George Will Copy Share Image
An achievement-oriented culture is very pro-employee - it's so much more fun than one that isn't. Excellence is a tremendous amount of… — Kip Tindell Copy Share Image
The person who stops studying merely because he has finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity. — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
The natural tendency of representative government, as of modern civilisation, is towards collective mediocrity: and this tendency is increased by all reductions… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“And I — my head oppressed by horror — said: "Master, what is it that I hear? Who are those people so… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
But there's no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We're not supposed to be embraced… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Music is a place to take refuge. It's a sanctuary from mediocrity and boredom. It's innocent and it's a place you can… — Lisa Gerrard Copy Share Image
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
We offer them mediocrity while calling it magic. We offer them the illusion of intelligent software, seducing them into surrendering the task… — Larry Constantine Copy Share Image
