Mediocre Quotes

352 quotes by 279 authors

What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre. — Tahar Ben Jelloun
You can have good writing, but a great actor will make it feel and sound like great writing. You can have great writing, and mediocre… — Denis Leary
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go… — Sophia Loren
Only a mediocre person is always at his best. — W. Somerset Maugham
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible. — Margaret Mead
God doesn't do things halfway. He goes all out! When God does something, it's not just barely enough, mediocre or lukewarm. — Joyce Meyer
I resent having witnessed the survival of some very mediocre male actors and the professional demise of the very brilliant female ones. — Helen Mirren
In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad. — Friedrich Nietzsche
No serious-minded man should have time for the mediocre in any phase of his living. — James Cash Penney
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their… — Robert Louis Stevenson
A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors. — Tom Stoppard
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. — Lily Tomlin
Poland is quite a mediocre country in some regards. The only natural resource that we have, and with which we can compete, is freedom. — Donald Tusk
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. — William Arthur Ward
With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he… — Simone Weil
Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre. — Orson Welles
Class I to XII wasn't much help; I was always a mediocre student. But when I pursued higher education and studied economics with theatre or… — Vir Das
So you think that you're a failure, do you? Well, you probably are. What's wrong with that? In the first place, if you've any sense… — Tom Robbins

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