mediocrity quotes

We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.

Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes its fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way.

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

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

As far as I’m concerned, it’s a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks, hag-ridden with myopia, apathy, and complacence, and generally stuck in a bog of stagnant mediocrity.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

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

To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.

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