... I am not afraid of priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Let some holy ambition invade our souls, so that, dissatisfied with mediocrity, we shall eagerly desire the highest things and shall toil… — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Copy Share Image
To be popular one must be a mediocrity." "Not with Women," said the duchess, shaking her head; "and women rule the world.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Mediocrity never goes away - but neither, I hope, do those who are willing to challenge it. — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure. — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
I have a deathly fear of mediocrity and that nips at my heels and gets me into a lot of trouble. — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
We have more possibilities, more freedom, more options than any people who have ever lived. Yet there is more junk, more mediocrity,… — Michael J. Gelb Copy Share Image
“If you are not going to divorce the status quo, you will give birth to mediocrity.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
A high civilization is a pyramid: it can stand only on a broad base; its primary prerequisite is a strong and soundly… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“It drives me crazy how quickly the great ones get canonized. 'Blah-blah-blah is such a terrible loss.' Does that mean that the… — Sarah Schulman Copy Share Image
Mediocrity is my biggest fear. I'm not afraid of total failure because I don't think that will happen. I'm not afraid of… — Robert Downey, Jr Copy Share Image
The exhibition has now become no more than a bazaar where mediocrity spreads itself out with impudence. The exhibitions are useless and… — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share Image
It's easy to deprecate some of the puffery and jingoism that often go with affirmations of 'American greatness.' It's also easy to… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we are placed in a set of circumstances where we have to take initiative and be creative, some of us find… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For what I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
A man is culpable in the eyes of society when he escapes from the jurisdiction of its mediocrity. — Edgard Varese Copy Share Image
