To be popular one must be a mediocrity." "Not with Women," said the duchess, shaking her head; "and women rule the world. I assure you we can't bear ….
An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it..
Imitation is the homage mediocrity pays to greatness..
Go after what you want as if your life depended on it. Because it Does!.
Once genius is submerged by bureaucracy, a nation is doomed to mediocrity..
A fiery, good beginner always stands higher than a master in mediocrity..
Today we've learned to celebrate mediocrity. Back in the day we had creative artists; today we have created artists..
Only the mediocre are always at their best..
Will I allow my fear to bind me to mediocrity?.
There's so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee..
There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid speech be….
The absence of risk is a sure sign of mediocrity..
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity..
The only way we can develop muscle is through regular exercise. As soon as we stop stretching and working toward higher ethics, our standards start t….
Indifference is the revenge the world takes on mediocrities..
Golf asks something of a man. It makes one loathe mediocrity. It seems to say, "If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me..
Mediocrity borrows, genius steals..
It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us..
I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which is limited to a kind of mediocrity that sponsors are just dying to have rig….
The ordinary American voter does not object to mediocrity. He likes his candidate to be sensible, vigorous, and, above all, what he calls 'magnetic,'….
When Americans decry our politicians, we must remember that ultimately, politicians reflect us. When we demand more than mediocrity - and the passing….