This generation, our generation of people who benefited, must always be the pioneers who look to younger people and say mediocrity is… — Trevor Manuel Copy Share Image
“...simply moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It's always the same: mediocrities are over-valued and great men are rejected. — Anton Webern Copy Share Image
There are circumstances of peculiar difficulty and danger, where a mediocrity of talent is the most fatal quantum that a man can… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ... If the… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
“The sub-conscious mind is so powerful in such a way that even if you empty your mind of all its components, there… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I always thought I'd get farther. I'd like to blame the world for what I've failed to do, but the failure -… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
Millions and millions of exuberant monkeys are creating an endless digital forest of mediocrity. — Andrew Keen Copy Share Image
“Comparing ourselves instead of taking lessons from ourselves is not only a catalyst to diminishing our true purpose but also a great… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
At every turn you have to find a new kind of self-sovereignty over your environment. Every kid I see is at the… — Daniel Gillies Copy Share Image
Pumpkin pie is a living symbol of mediocrity. The best pumpkin pie you ever ate wasn't all that much different from the… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens. — George Lois Copy Share Image
“Even though copying what’s come before is a guaranteed path to mediocrity, it appears to be a safe choice, and the desire… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality. — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s an issue of being unable or unwilling to realize that we can actually impact things sufficiently to change things, rather… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity. What's the point of being realistic? It's unrealistic to walk into a… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
“Excellence is making a rubber shoe initially; later making a leather shoe; then later making a leather shoe with gold medal on… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The desire of perfection became the ruling passion of their soul; and it is well known, that while reason embraces a cold… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
You have to have a habitual vision of greatness ... you have to believe in fact that you will refuse to settle… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Take back the beauty and wit you bestow upon me; leave me my own mediocrity of agreeableness and genius, but leave me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
When mediocrity becomes the accepted norm, excellence dies a painful death. — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
“However, Nick acted as much as possible under the circumstances, and that was rectifying — it brought with it enjoyment and a… — Henry James Copy Share Image
