Middling Quotes

18 quotes by 18 authors

I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer weight of 28… — Anthony Bourdain
When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way, it sometimes seems to be… — Laozi
The sand should be neither coarse nor fine but of a middling quality or about the size of the common pop(p)y seed. If the sand… — Canvass White
Behind every door on every ordinary street, in every hut in every ordinary village in this middling planet of a trivial star, such riches are… — Vikram Seth
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate. — Herodotus
Two people can have a middling day, but one rounds up and the other rounds down. — Robert Breault
Blondes have the hottest kisses. Red-heads are fair-to-middling torrid, and brunettes are the frigidest of all. It's something to do with hormones, no doubt. — Ronald Reagan
If you have to make mistakes, make them good and big, don't be middling if you can help it. — Hildegard Knef
Yes, success is everything. Failure is more common. Most achieve a sort of middling thing, but fortunately one's situation is always blurred, you never know… — Donald Barthelme
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad. — Martial
Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one. — Jean de la Bruyere
I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it… — Walt Whitman
let it go -- the smashed word broken open vow or the oath cracked length wise -- let it go it was sworn to go… — E E Cummings
He's charmed by her as if she were some fairy!" continued Arabella. "See how he looks round at her, and lets his eyes rest on… — Thomas Hardy
Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life.… — Andrzej Sapkowski
Art for art's sake? I should think so, and more so than ever at the present time. It is the one orderly product which our… — E. M. Forster
Most large media firms make outsized investments to acquire and market a small number of titles with strong hit potential, and bank on their sales… — Anita Elberse
Nature is better than a middling doctor. — Proverb

Who Wrote These Middling Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 18 Middling Quotes as follows: