Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids..
There is one gratification an old author can afford a certain class of critics; that namely, of comparing him as he is with what he was. It is a plea….
The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity..
There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy..
The mediocrity with which Africa has been ruled is responsible for its underdevelopment..
Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity..
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 satisfied to remain within….
Pat answers to complex problems are the hallmark of intellectual mediocrity.
Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity, but with it you can accomplish miracles..
Something deep in the human heart breaks at the thought of a life of mediocrity..
The exhibition has now become no more than a bazaar where mediocrity spreads itself out with impudence. The exhibitions are useless and dangerous... ….
Mediocrity is a hand-rail..
Trying to be cool is the easiest path to mediocrity.
You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality..
I love that the level of mediocrity rises..
Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man..
I'm obsessively opposed to the typical..
Mediocrity has a way of keeping demons from the door..
Greatness is always envied - it is only mediocrity that can boast of a host of friends..
Our literature, despite several false starts that promised much, is chiefly remarkable, now as always, for its respectable mediocrity..
I take sanctuary in an honest mediocrity..