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Mediocre Quotes

You don’t have enough time to be both unhappy and mediocre. It’s not just pointless; it’s painful Picture Quote #1

Organizations grow when they persuade a tiny cadre to be passionate, not when they touch millions with a mediocre message Picture Quote #1

Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre Picture Quote #1

If you don’t have passion, everything you do will ultimately fizzle out or, at best, be mediocre. Is that how you want to live your life? Picture Quote #1

In intercourse with scholars and artists one readily makes mistakes of opposite kinds: in a remarkable scholar one not infrequently finds a mediocre man; and often, even in a mediocre artist, one finds a very remarkable man Picture Quote #1

Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people’s progress Picture Quote #1

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For every bourgeois, in the heat of youth, if only for a day, for a minute, has believed himself capable of immense passions, of heroic enterprises. The most mediocre libertine has dreamed of oriental princesses; every rotary carries about inside him the debris of a poet Picture Quote #1

So much working, reading, thinking, living to do. A lifetime is not long enough. Nor youth to old age long enough. Immortality and permanence be damned. Sure I want them, but they are nonexistent, and won’t matter when I rot underground. All I want to say is: I made the best of a mediocre job. It was a good fight while it lasted. And so life goes Picture Quote #1

Living is not this tawdry, mediocre, disciplined thing which we call our existence. Living is something entirely different; it is abundantly rich, timelessly changing, and as long as we don’t understand that eternal movement, our lives are bound to have very little meaning Picture Quote #1

This is what I find most encouraging about the writing trades: they allow mediocre people who are patient and industrious to revise their stupidity, to edit themselves into something like intelligence. They also allow lunatics to seem saner than sane Picture Quote #1

When you play all that as a body of work there are four great songs, four mediocre songs and four bad songs. I didn’t know it at the time; I was just doing my best Picture Quote #1

There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with. Love shouldn’t be one of them. Anything less than extraordinary is a waste of my time Picture Quote #1

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I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time Picture Quote #1

I was tough on myself because I feared being a lazy procrastinator and the inevitable result: being mediocre or second best. I always went the extra mile Picture Quote #1

Ll her life she had been carefully, heroically watching over mediocre beings who were hardly real, over things of no value Picture Quote #1

To have time was at once the most magnificent and the most dangerous of experiments. Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre Picture Quote #1

Imaginations and illusions are always so much more powerful and bigger than this mediocre and boring thing called reality Picture Quote #1

In this country we encourage creativity among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as undisciplined, as somehow too much Picture Quote #1

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Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity Picture Quote #1

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to Picture Quote #1

I don’t think anybody’s goal is to be mediocre. I think everybody should want to be the best. I’ve always felt that way. I want to be at the best at everything I do Picture Quote #1

Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration Picture Quote #1

Do the best you can. But I want to emphasize that it be the very best. We are too prone to be satisfied with mediocre performance. We are capable of doing so much better Picture Quote #1

The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself Picture Quote #1

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If any of you have a desire to be mediocre, you will probably find that you have already achieved your ambition Picture Quote #1

I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre Picture Quote #1

I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he’s from England Picture Quote #1

What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre Picture Quote #1

My record at the University of California as an undergraduate was mediocre to say the best Picture Quote #1

No serious-minded man should have time for the mediocre in any phase of his living Picture Quote #1

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You don’t have enough time to be both unhappy and mediocre. It’s not just pointless; it’s painful (Mediocre Quotes) Organizations grow when they persuade a tiny cadre to be passionate, not when they touch millions with a mediocre message (Mediocre Quotes) Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre (Mediocre Quotes) If you don’t have passion, everything you do will ultimately fizzle out or, at best, be mediocre. Is that how you want to live your life? (Mediocre Quotes) In intercourse with scholars and artists one readily makes mistakes of opposite kinds: in a remarkable scholar one not infrequently finds a mediocre man; and often, even in a mediocre artist, one finds a very remarkable man (Mediocre Quotes) Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people’s progress (Mediocre Quotes) For every bourgeois, in the heat of youth, if only for a day, for a minute, has believed himself capable of immense passions, of heroic enterprises. The most mediocre libertine has dreamed of oriental princesses; every rotary carries about inside him the debris of a poet (Mediocre Quotes) So much working, reading, thinking, living to do. A lifetime is not long enough. Nor youth to old age long enough. Immortality and permanence be damned. Sure I want them, but they are nonexistent, and won’t matter when I rot underground. All I want to say is: I made the best of a mediocre job. It was a good fight while it lasted. And so life goes (Mediocre Quotes) Living is not this tawdry, mediocre, disciplined thing which we call our existence. Living is something entirely different; it is abundantly rich, timelessly changing, and as long as we don’t understand that eternal movement, our lives are bound to have very little meaning (Mediocre Quotes) This is what I find most encouraging about the writing trades: they allow mediocre people who are patient and industrious to revise their stupidity, to edit themselves into something like intelligence. They also allow lunatics to seem saner than sane (Mediocre Quotes) When you play all that as a body of work there are four great songs, four mediocre songs and four bad songs. I didn’t know it at the time; I was just doing my best (Mediocre Quotes) There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with. Love shouldn’t be one of them. Anything less than extraordinary is a waste of my time (Mediocre Quotes) I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time (Mediocre Quotes) I was tough on myself because I feared being a lazy procrastinator and the inevitable result: being mediocre or second best. I always went the extra mile (Mediocre Quotes) Ll her life she had been carefully, heroically watching over mediocre beings who were hardly real, over things of no value (Mediocre Quotes) To have time was at once the most magnificent and the most dangerous of experiments. Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre (Mediocre Quotes) Imaginations and illusions are always so much more powerful and bigger than this mediocre and boring thing called reality (Mediocre Quotes) In this country we encourage creativity among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as undisciplined, as somehow too much (Mediocre Quotes) Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity (Mediocre Quotes) People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to (Mediocre Quotes) I don’t think anybody’s goal is to be mediocre. I think everybody should want to be the best. I’ve always felt that way. I want to be at the best at everything I do (Mediocre Quotes) Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration (Mediocre Quotes) Do the best you can. But I want to emphasize that it be the very best. We are too prone to be satisfied with mediocre performance. We are capable of doing so much better (Mediocre Quotes) The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself (Mediocre Quotes) If any of you have a desire to be mediocre, you will probably find that you have already achieved your ambition (Mediocre Quotes) I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre (Mediocre Quotes) I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he’s from England (Mediocre Quotes) What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre (Mediocre Quotes) My record at the University of California as an undergraduate was mediocre to say the best (Mediocre Quotes) No serious-minded man should have time for the mediocre in any phase of his living (Mediocre Quotes)

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