“What the mediocrity principle tells us is that our state is not the product of intent, that the universe lacks both malice… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
We meet With few utterly dull and stupid souls: the sublime and transcendent are still fewer; the generality of mankind stand between… — Jean de la Bruyere 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
Set stretch goals. Don't ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible.… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Mediocrity is the most effective mask a superior spirit can wear, because to the great majority, which is to say, to the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
It's hard to make something that's interesting. It's really, really hard. It's like a law of nature, a law of aerodynamics, that… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
