Mediocrity Quotes - Page 22

• Mediocrity is always invisible until passion shows up and exposes it.

  Graham Cooke

  Passion, Invisible, Shows

  FaceBook post by Graham Cooke from Mar 06, 2011

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• Commercialism is doing well that which should not be done at all.

  Gore Vidal

  Business, Useless Stuff, Time Management

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• We are the mediocre, we are the half givers, we are the half lovers, we are the savourless salt. Break the hard crust of complacency. Quicken in us the sharp grace of desire.

  Caryll Houselander

  Grace, Desire, Complacency

  Caryll Houselander (1945). “The Flowering Tree”

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• Cognitive consonance is what writing in the Age of the idiot is all about. The key to success in the scribbling profession is to strike the right balance of mediocrity in writing and thinking, which invariably entails echoing one of two party lines, poorly.

  Ilana Mercer

  Party, Writing, Thinking

  "National Review Eunuchs". www.wnd.com. April 12, 2012.

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• Parodies are hard to do well, as is shown by the mediocrity of so many recent attempts. No matter how ripe a genre is for satirizing, unless you know how to do it, there are no guarantees.

  James Berardinelli

  Genre Is, Guarantees, Matter

  "Robin Hood: Men in Tights (United States, 1993)". Movie review, www.reelviews.net.

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• The industrial age brought compliance and compliance brought fear and fear brought us mediocrity.

  Seth Godin

  Age, Compliance

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• Democracy is always, by nature and constitution, the triumph of mediocrity.

  Indro Montanelli

  Democracy, Triumph, Constitution

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• We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it.

  Jessica Zafra

  Comforting, Rewards, Can Do

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• In the age of mediocrity and clones, John Stowell's uniqueness and originality are a breath of fresh air. I love playing with him.

  Paul Horn

  Air, Age, Originality

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• As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free.

  Tom Petty

  Art, Boys, Media

  Song: The Last DJ, Album: The Last DJ

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• Greatness is always envied - it is only mediocrity that can boast of a host of friends.

  Marie Corelli

  Greatness, Envy, Host

  Marie Corelli (1972). “Free Opinions, Freely Expressed on Certain Phases of Modern Social Life and Conduct”, p.332, Health Research Books

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• Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.

  Igor Stravinsky

  Genius, Stealing

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• We must embrace the fact that if we don't commit to thinking and living differently than most people now, we are setting ourselves up to endure a life of mediocrity, struggle, failure and regret-just like most people.

  Hal Elrod

  Regret, Struggle, Thinking

  Hal Elrod (2016). “The Miracle Morning: The 6 Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 8AM”, p.43, Hachette UK

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• Any corporate policy and plan which is typical of the industry is doomed to mediocrity. Where this is not so, it should be possible to demonstrate that all other competitors are at a distinct disadvantage.

  Bruce Henderson

  Typical, Should, Disadvantages

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• Your character is your destiny. Building character is a task for the brave and dedicated. There are no shortcuts when it comes to building character. If you wish to cure minimalism in your own life, to develop a complete commitment to excellence and an absolute rejection of mediocrity, the question you need to start asking yourself is, "What is the most I can do?"

  Matthew Kelly

  Character, Commitment, Destiny

  Matthew Kelly (2004). “The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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• You must have the guts to throw off the chains of modesty and mediocrity in order to be the light that the world needs.

  Debbie Ford

  Light, Order, Needs

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• To do science today is to experience a dimension unique in contemporary working lives; the work promises something incomparable: the sense of living both personally and historically. That is why science now draws to itself all kinds of people - charlatans, mediocrities, geniuses - everyone who wants to touch the flame, feel alive to the time.

  Vivian Gornick

  Science, Unique, Flames

  Vivian Gornick (2013). “Women in Science: Then and Now”, p.16, The Feminist Press at CUNY

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• This Western culture of ours tends to sacrifice the full range of experience to a lower common denominator that's acceptable to more people; we end up with McDonald's instead of real food, Holiday Inns instead of homes, and USA Today instead of news and cultural analysis. And we do that with the rest of our lives.

  Kate Bornstein

  Real, Home, Holiday

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• Strive for perfection - never be content with mediocrity. You don't win until you conquer the little flaws. You don't beat these great ones until your form is perfect. This is true in all of life. A flaw in a product can ruin a business. A personal failing, a little one, can ruin a person's life. Don't be content with mediocrity - strive to live up to the greatest within you.

  Bob Richards

  Leadership, Sports, Winning

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• I got a feeling that after six years of disappointment, of mediocrity and decline, a slow course correction is not what voters are going to be looking for in 2016.

  Rick Perry

  Disappointment, Years, Feelings

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• Anything you do fearless, you do in mediocrity.

  Suzanne Evans

  Fearless

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• The English public always feels perfectly at ease when a mediocrity is talking to it.

  Oscar Wilde

  Talking, Ease, Feels

  Oscar Wilde (2013). “The Artist As Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.433, Random House

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• 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 pleasure to mediocrity to have its superiors brought within range.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Class, Criticism, Pleasure

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• Fear of success is far more dangerous than fear of failure, because the subconscious mind works to prevent that which it fears. People may fear success because of low self-esteem and feeling of not deserving it; because it will increase what others expect of them. Fear of success shows up as anxiety, indecision, avoidance, procrastination or acceptance of mediocrity.

  Joe Tye

  Self Esteem, Procrastination, Acceptance

  Joe Tye (2000). “Personal Best: 1001 Great Ideas for Achieving Success in Your Career”, Mjf Books

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• Only ambitious nonentities and hearty mediocrities exhibit their rough drafts. It's like passing around samples of sputum.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Writing, Ambitious, Rough Drafts

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