Mediocre Quotes

352 quotes by 281 authors

. . . a jostling scrum of office buildings so mediocre that the only way you ever remember them is by the frustration they induce… — Prince Charles
A baseball field must be the most beautiful thing in the world. It's so honest and precise. And we play on it. Every star gets… — Jim Lefebvre
If you buy all the stocks selling at or below two times earnings, you will lose money on half of them because instead of making… — John Templeton
At bottom, I mean profoundly at bottom, the FBI has nothing to do with Communism, it has nothing to do with catching criminals, it has… — Norman Mailer
For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed… — John Ortberg
Mediocre writers borrow; great writers steal. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The art of putting into play mediocre qualities often begets more reputation than is achieved by true merit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds. — Albert Einstein
Even a mediocre idea created and presented with passion can change the world. — Boland T. Jones
It is the haunted premises of longing that the true love song inhabits. It is a howl in the void, for love and for comfort… — Nick Cave
I've done millions of mediocre movies. I've done way more than my fair share. You do what you gotta do. This is not heart surgery.… — Ron Perlman
Even if I tried to be my dad, it would be a mediocre, slightly embarrassing version. — Jason Ritter
HeroÂism breaks its heart, and ideÂalÂism its back, on the intranÂsiÂgence of the credÂuÂlous and the mediocre, manipÂuÂlated by the cynÂiÂcal and the corrupt. — Christopher Hitchens
That's one of the compensations for being mediocre. One doesn't have to worry about becoming mediocre. — Rebecca Goldstein
I dont ever want to do anything mediocre. I hear the music in the charts and I dont mean to be rude, but those people… — Amy Winehouse
I've known people who have not mastered their tools who are good programmers, but not a tool master who remained a mediocre programmer. — Kent Beck
Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration. — Emile M. Cioran
With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with… — Akira Kurosawa
I've seen people recover physical abilities, yet never get over emotional trauma after a serious accident. I've seen other people overcome the psychological and emotional… — Jim Stovall
America became a great civilization thanks to a culture based on the value of having to earn almost everything an American got in life. As… — Dennis Prager

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