Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
Janis Joplin
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Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein
We've got to find a way to get on a winning streak. This team is not a mediocre team, but so far we've been mediocre. We can't be satisfied with that.
Peter Budaj
Today's manufacturing output figures were mediocre and disappointing overall.
David Kern
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
Jean Giraudoux
A pitcher is like a goalie in hockey. If you have a good goalie, you can have a mediocre team around them and they can pick you up.
Jim Dornan
The problem is that there are no quality bowlers, just mediocre ones that look good.
Imran Khan
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
Mary Kay Ash
I'm pushing to be back [for outdoor], but if I'm not 100 percent then I'm not going to because I'd rather be 100 percent and do well than be 95 percent and just be mediocre.
Gayle Hunter
We're an injury away from being mediocre or bad.
Tim Zasada
He came in as a mediocre penalty killer at the beginning of the season and now he's part of our top four. He's taken every assignment we've given him, taken it with grace and done a great job at it.
Bruce Boudreau
A best seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.
Logan Pearsall Smith
We're going to simplify a lot of the things that we do because we are young, we're going to try to get as good as we can in a few things and not try to be mediocre in a lot of things. I think if we can do that, we'll have some success.
Sam Mitchell
First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.
Michael Caine
If a fund's performance is mediocre, or the fund is having other troubles, average to above-average expenses don't help.
Bridget Hughes
To the mediocre, mediocrity appears great.
Indian Proverb
His record as a prime minister is absolutely mediocre.
Brian Mulroney
I suppose it's better than being mediocre.
Jonny Buckland
My arm was a little tired. I felt mediocre. It was a good night because I was able to spot the ball where I wanted.
Wade Miller
Talking about producer Nellee Hooper: 'He's not one for mediocre experiences.
Angie Bjorklund
It was mediocre. I thought we'd see more, but they flew fairly well. We'll get on a better field this afternoon.
Henry Scott
Our game doesn't change. We can't have a mediocre game. We have to have a good game.
Hank Thompson
Drop out of school before your mind rots from our mediocre educational system.
Frank Zappa
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.
Jean De La Bruyere
The results are mediocre at best. Given the amount of corporate supply coming and the refunding announcement around the corner, it's not a good sign.
Rick Klingman
Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Joseph Heller
Most Mexicans think he is well-intentioned. It's not that this presidency has been bad; it's been very mediocre, frivolous. Many Mexicans' attitude is one of resignation.
Sergio Aguayo
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Lily Tomlin
No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Alan Turing
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."
Pauline Kael
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
Claude Bernard
My career was mediocre.
Shavlik Randolph
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to become as mediocre as possible.
Margaret Mead
The great universal family of men is a utopia worthy of the most mediocre logic.
Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
They did a little bit better than expected. It is the old game of coming in with low expectations and delivering mediocre results. (It) seems to be the only way you can make progress in the food business.
Bill Leach
They have nothing to celebrate. Revenues were just 'blah' all around. Very mediocre in all segments.
Nitsan Hargil
It was up and down for us; we played some good, some bad, some mediocre. We played very good defense at times. When we realized that we had to play, we played good defense.
Dudley Etheridge
Being 16-16 means we've been mediocre, but we had to completely change the football culture when I got here.
John Luckhardt
Our judges will not continue to represent the diverse face of America if only the well-to-do or the mediocre are willing to become judges.
William H. Rehnquist
Without a doubt, I would have [won], short of falling or being disqualified or something like that. That is a mediocre time for me. That is exhibition type of running.
Edwin Moses
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