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Dio Quotes

Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way Picture Quote #1

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment Picture Quote #1

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns Picture Quote #1

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents Picture Quote #1

I do it because I love acting, I love working, and whether it’s radio, television, films, theater, I don’t care as long as I can get out there and do it Picture Quote #1

I like doing radio because it’s so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you’re inside there heads, not only that, you’re in there laying eggs Picture Quote #1

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At one time they’ve been the most important thing to me. So I can’t hear our records on the radio, I can’t stand it, because they sound so out of what everyone else is doing Picture Quote #1

Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to go somewhere to watch television and leave something to see it Picture Quote #1

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands Picture Quote #1

Don’t keep reaching for the stars because you’ll just look like an idiot stretching that way for no reason Picture Quote #1

I think one of the things about writing in the studio is that the song hasn’t matured, if you like, so quite often the vocals are early attempts. Whereas once you’ve taken it out on the road a bit, you learn more about a song Picture Quote #1

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man Picture Quote #1

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There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling Picture Quote #1

I handed in a script last year and the studio didn’t change one word. The word they didn’t change was on page 87 Picture Quote #1

The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments Picture Quote #1

There is in every artist’s studio a scrap heap of discarded works in which the artist’s discipline prevailed against his imagination Picture Quote #1

Insanity is knowing that what you’re doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can’t stop it Picture Quote #1

Studios are passe for me. I’d rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement Picture Quote #1

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If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest Picture Quote #1

One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered Picture Quote #1

Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy Picture Quote #1

Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results Picture Quote #1

I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will Picture Quote #1

I’d rather talk to people who do things than complain about other people who do things. I say they’re idiots Picture Quote #1

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The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. The inventor did it because it was natural to him, and so in him it has a charm. In the imitator something else is natural, and he bereaves himself of his own beauty, to come short of another man’s Picture Quote #1

Tea’s proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence Picture Quote #1

The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies Picture Quote #1

There’s something so showy about desperation, it takes hard wits to see it’s a grandiose form of funk Picture Quote #1

The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams Picture Quote #1

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. This is the reason why it is so difficult for any but natives to speak a language correctly or idiomatically Picture Quote #1

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Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way (Dio Quotes) There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment (Dio Quotes) Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns (Dio Quotes) People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents (Dio Quotes) I do it because I love acting, I love working, and whether it’s radio, television, films, theater, I don’t care as long as I can get out there and do it (Dio Quotes) I like doing radio because it’s so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you’re inside there heads, not only that, you’re in there laying eggs (Dio Quotes) At one time they’ve been the most important thing to me. So I can’t hear our records on the radio, I can’t stand it, because they sound so out of what everyone else is doing (Dio Quotes) Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to go somewhere to watch television and leave something to see it (Dio Quotes) For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands (Dio Quotes) Don’t keep reaching for the stars because you’ll just look like an idiot stretching that way for no reason (Dio Quotes) I think one of the things about writing in the studio is that the song hasn’t matured, if you like, so quite often the vocals are early attempts. Whereas once you’ve taken it out on the road a bit, you learn more about a song (Dio Quotes) There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man (Dio Quotes) There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling (Dio Quotes) I handed in a script last year and the studio didn’t change one word. The word they didn’t change was on page 87 (Dio Quotes) The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments (Dio Quotes) There is in every artist’s studio a scrap heap of discarded works in which the artist’s discipline prevailed against his imagination (Dio Quotes) Insanity is knowing that what you’re doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can’t stop it (Dio Quotes) Studios are passe for me. I’d rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement (Dio Quotes) If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest (Dio Quotes) One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered (Dio Quotes) Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy (Dio Quotes) Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results (Dio Quotes) I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will (Dio Quotes) I’d rather talk to people who do things than complain about other people who do things. I say they’re idiots (Dio Quotes) The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. The inventor did it because it was natural to him, and so in him it has a charm. In the imitator something else is natural, and he bereaves himself of his own beauty, to come short of another man’s (Dio Quotes) Tea’s proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence (Dio Quotes) The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies (Dio Quotes) There’s something so showy about desperation, it takes hard wits to see it’s a grandiose form of funk (Dio Quotes) The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams (Dio Quotes) We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. This is the reason why it is so difficult for any but natives to speak a language correctly or idiomatically (Dio Quotes)

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