Quote by Lauren Beukes

“Fine is the very definition of mediocrity. It's what's polite. It's what's socially acceptable. We need to live brighter and deeper than just fine,…

— Lauren Beukes

“You know what ‘fine’ stands for, don’t you?” When Jane didn’t respond, Grace answered for her. “It stands for Fucked up, Insecure, Neurotic, and…

— Ryan Winfield

“If "fine" were sporting a serial-killer glare, then she'd hate to see what "not fine" was.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“You know when people say fine, it generally means ‘leave me the hell alone because I don’t want to talk about what’s really bothering…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Sometimes, though, we let ourselves get so used to being 'fine' that we lose track of how 'not fine' we are.”

— Martina Boone

“To this day the f-word turns my stomach. Because 'fine' is a euphemism for everything you're scared of saying.”

— Amy Molloy

“Still, I don't like his use of the word fine. I want to be better than fine.”

— Emily Giffin

“It's enough to be benign, to be gentle, to be funny, to be kind.”

— Stephen Fry

“Tell me how you are." "I'm fine, Mother." "No one is fine. Fine is a placeholder.”

— Marisa Silver

“We're all teased or pressured into conforming to the all-levelling social norms of mediocrity.”

— H.M. Forester

“Mediocrity comforts the masses. Mediocrity is a likeable attribute.”

— Shobhaa Dé

“The people on television scoffing and laughing at mediocrity - they are the real mediocrity.”

— Martinus Hendrikus Benders