Mediocrity Quotes

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.

Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity.

Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great.

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans, they don't have a bad deli. There's no mediocrity accepted.