Mediocrity Quotes

473 Mediocrity quotes by 345 unique authors

Mediocrity is the elephant in the room. — Kevin Spacey
We live in an age of mediocrity. — Lauren Bacall
For what level of mediocrity will you settle? — Brandon Lee
Mediocrity is my biggest fear. I'm not afraid of total failure because I don't think that will happen. I'm not afraid of success because that… — Robert Downey, Jr.
Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? What's the point of being realistic? I'm going to do… — Will Smith
Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity. — William Hurt
I have a deathly fear of mediocrity and that nips at my heels and gets me into a lot of trouble. — Courtney Love
When I think of normality I think of mediocrity — Gillian Anderson
If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of… — Kim Cattrall
We're constantly getting these messages to mind our own business and look the other way if we want to be well liked, to not tell… — Kelly Cutrone
Everything about mediocrity kills me. — Ivanka Trump
Literature is air, and Im suffocating in mediocrity. — Armand Assante
There is plenty of room at the top because very few people care to travel beyond the average route. And so most of us seem… — Nnamdi Azikiwe
Take back the beauty and wit you bestow upon me; leave me my own mediocrity of agreeableness and genius, but leave me also my sincerity,… — Mary Wortley Montagu
The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is never easy to demand the most from ourselves, from our lives, from our work. To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged… — Audre Lorde
The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb. — Rene Magritte
People who have accomplished work worthwhile have had a very high sense of the way to do things. They have not been content with mediocrity.… — Orison Swett Marden
NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the… — Ambrose Bierce
Passion is a product of the heart. Passion is what helps you when you have a great dream. Passion breeds conviction and turns mediocrity into… — Andy Andrews
The natural tendency of representative government, as of modern civilisation, is towards collective mediocrity: and this tendency is increased by all reductions and extensions of… — John Stuart Mill
The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public. — Nicolas Chamfort
The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it. — George Lois
Democracy: a festival of mediocrity. — Emile M. Cioran
Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity. — Daniel Burrus

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