Mediocre Quotes

352 quotes by 279 authors

Old age is better for women than for men. First of all, they have less far to fall, since their lives are more mediocre than… — Simone de Beauvoir
Well, I think the secret is if you have a lot of stocks, some will do mediocre, some will do okay, and if one of… — Peter Lynch
A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey, or a crummy… — Andrea Dworkin
Every country has the writers she requires and deserves, which is why Nicaragua, in two hundred years of literacy, has produced one writer-a mediocre poet. — Paul Theroux
For the serious mediocre writer convention makes him sound like a lot of other people; for the popular writer it gives him a formula he… — Northrop Frye
Mediocre people have an answer for everything and are astonished at nothing. They always want to have the air of knowing better than you what… — Eugene Delacroix
I like to be loved or hated - I don't like mediocre. So I'd rather have the entire crowd hate me than to have 90%… — Patrice O'Neal
My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones. — Condoleezza Rice
I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre. — Danny Strong
I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time. — Nancy Sinatra
I am a mediocre being, a bit cunning. — Renee Vivien
To the distracting occupations belong especially my lecture courses which I am holding this winter for the first time, and which now cost much more… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability… — Woody Hayes
My biggest fear as an actor is being involved in something mediocre, or being mediocre myself. — Jonathan Brandis
I think the more mediocre you are the better you do because people need to think you're their friend, they don't want to be threatened… — Kelly Brook
There are pockets of great food in Spain, but there are also pockets of very mediocre food in Spain, and the same in Morocco and… — Mario Batali
I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from… — John Corigliano
The only thing that I was equipped for with my very mediocre college Arts degree was to get a job in teaching. — Helen Garner
Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question. — Ira Glass
My God, there are so many mediocre screenplays out there. — Michael Arndt

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