I wish I could say differently, but I really don't think so. There are too many musicians already for probably anyone to… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
How often have we all come to that crucial point in a painting where it is practically 'begging' us to stop before… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
“As I contemplate a relationship with God, I find that I’m afraid to ride on the coattails of the infinite. But what… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
There are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Ultimately, everyone has to ask himself or herself how they're going to fail. We all do, you know, so let's get that… — Keith Ferrazzi Copy Share Image
There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Actors are loved because they are unoriginal. Actors stick to their script. The unoriginal man is loved by the mediocrity because this… — Patrick Kavanagh Copy Share Image
Why, why, when one writes, does a sort of shackle bind one's imagination? I become conscious of a deadening mediocrity, perhaps a… — Winifred Holtby Copy Share Image
It is unethical not to know. It is unethical not to think. It is unethical not to love. It is unethical not… — Yasuhiko Kimura 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
The artist is today and has been for many years, despite his absence of merit, simply a spoiled child. So many honors,… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Age certainly hadn't conferred any smarts on me. Character maybe, but mediocrity is a constant, as one Russian writer put it. Russian… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Such a superiority do the pursuits of literature possess above every other occupation, that even he who attains but a mediocrity in… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Moderation, the Golden Mean, the Aristonmetron, is the secret of wisdom and of happiness. But it does not mean embracing an unadventurous… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding;… — Ed Bliss Copy Share Image
That's probably one of my biggest gripes with the Internet - that it settles for mediocrity and disinformation, which puts all information… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
At independence Kenya's economic indicators were equal to those of South Korea, but 45 years down the road, Korea's economy is 40… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
You have to connect with your market and your employees. First, understand that what your market says is fact and what you… — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
But if it's tolerable mediocrity, and you're like, 'Well, you know it could be worse. At least I'm getting paid.' Then you… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Discipline in typography is a prime virtue. Individuality must be secured by means that are rational. Distinction needs to be won by… — Stanley Morison 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
Yes, I believe sincerely that every man has consummate genius within him. Some appear to have it more than others only because… — Glenn Clark Copy Share Image
Wealth and speed are what the world admires, what each pursues. Railways, express mails, steamships and every possible facility for communications are… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Innovation is a twofold threat to academic mediocrities: it endangers their oracular authority, and it evokes the deeper fear that their whole,… — Arthur Koestler 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
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
“To be alone with myself in the space of silence is horrifying, for I know with the utmost certainty that in that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Over-seriousness is a warning sign for mediocrity and bureaucratic thinking. People who are seriously committed to mastery and high performance are secure… — Michael J. Gelb 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
“The general air of insecurity and affection made it too easy for him to imagine these once-a-year fabulous creatures as the cubicle… — charlie huston Copy Share Image
Remarkable visions and genuine insight are always met with resistance. And when you start to make progress, your efforts are met with… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
It is not a question of skimming the surface of the art, it must be probed to its depths, for to seize… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
It is better to excel in any single art than to arrive only at mediocrity in several, so moderate skill in several… — Pliny the Younger Copy Share Image
Gary Sinise and I go the furthest back of the Steppenwolf people; we were both saved from academic mediocrity as sophomores by… — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
The greatest danger to Christianity is, I contend, not heresies, not heterodoxies, not atheists, not profane secularism - no, but the kind… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Patton hated and dreaded mediocrity. A few days before his death he wrote to Robert P. Patterson, who had succeeded Mr. Stimson… — Ladislas Farago Copy Share Image
You are challenged to avoid mediocrity, acquire knowledge from the sages of antiquity, the achievements of the scientific present, and the prophets… — John H. Vandenberg Copy Share Image
If we have given everything we can, you are not settling for mediocrity because the better team won. Sometimes you have to… — Alun Wyn Jones Copy Share Image
Because I have a dog, it's easier to work at home: I sit in a horrible weird 'Mastermind'-style chair and bask in… — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
