#mediocre

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

— Jeff Bezos

#mediocre #other #people #physicists #progress

Well, I think the secret is if you have a lot of stocks, some will do mediocre, some will do okay, and if one of two of 'em go up big time, you produce a fabulous result. And I think that's the promise to some people. ↗

— Peter Lynch

#big time #fabulous #go #i #i think

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#beyond #dismiss #mediocre #minds #own

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

At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You had to be great. Now you can be good. Mediocre. And that's good. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#black #good #great #had #mediocre

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. ↗

— Jill Robinson

#deal #extraordinary #less #life #love

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. ↗

— Randy Bachman

#best #body #doing #four #great

Good, bad mediocre or whatever it is, if a director wants me in his movie, I take it as a compliment. ↗

— Scott Caan

#compliment #director #good #his #i

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#better #excellence #mediocre #mediocre men #men

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

— Joseph Heller

#born #mediocre #mediocrity #men #some