Mediocre Quotes

352 quotes by 273 authors

When I propose a candidate for a job I don't do it because the person in question is the best but because he is the… — Jo Nesbo
Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable front. He knows… — Ayn Rand
Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth… — Anne Rice
I'd made it back to the land of the living. No matter how boring or mediocre a world it might be, this was it. — Haruki Murakami
Scores only matter if theyâ€™re very good, no one pays much attention to the bad or mediocre ones. — Suzanne Collins
So much working, reading, thinking, living to do. A lifetime is not long enough. Nor youth to old age long enough. Immortality and permanence be… — Sylvia Plath
The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only way that the mediocre… — Tom Robbins
If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I'll never be a poet,' said Amory as he finished. 'I'm not enough of a sensualist really; there are only a few obvious things that… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Envy is the religion of the mediocre — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A man who aspires to rise above the mediocre, to be something more than the ordinary, surely deserves admiration, even if he fails and loses… — Kazuo Ishiguro
A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A superior person demonstrates. A great person inspires others to see for themselves. — Harvey Mackay
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices… — Albert Einstein
No one is mediocre who has good sense and good sentiments. — Joseph Joubert
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre. — Chet Atkins
A first-rate laboratory is one in which mediocre scientists can produce outstanding work. — Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett
First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I… — Michael Caine
Living is not this tawdry, mediocre, disciplined thing which we call our existence. Living is something entirely different; it is abundantly rich, timelessly changing, and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Poets are never allowed to be mediocre by the gods, by men or by publishers. — Horace
You can be mediocre, the way most actors are, and you can still be a top movie star, even if your movies are boring and… — Mickey Rourke

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