#mediocre

Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#context #everything #historical #important #interest

A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#gilded #mediocre #talent #tomb

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#beyond #dismiss #mediocre #minds #own

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#always #encountered #mediocre #minds #opposition

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. ↗

— John Corigliano

#automatically #because #british #composer #england

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#bad #cooking #education #kitchens #large

I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#good #i #liked #material #mediocre

A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#black #black comedy #comedy #errors #great

I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre. ↗

— Danny Strong

#above #amazing #coach #i #level

While the President leads his potential adversaries in almost every state, his support is soft. He is seen as honest, sincere, just, and friendly but gets mediocre or relatively poor ratings being competent strong, intelligent, and a forceful leader. ↗

— Robert Teeter

#almost #being #competent #every #forceful