#mediocre

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

#attempts #conceived #console #discourage #generally

I'd rather write one good book than ten mediocre ones. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#good #good book #i #mediocre #ones

Only a mediocre person is always at his best. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#best #his #mediocre #only #person

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre. ↗

— Chet Atkins

#done #ever #everything #fear #i

Even if I tried to be my dad, it would be a mediocre, slightly embarrassing version. ↗

— Jason Ritter

#embarrassing #even #i #i tried #mediocre

This was a really big opportunity. This script was even mediocre. The idea was great, but Jay came on with his guys made it great and very specific. It all came together well. ↗

— Sean William Scott

#big opportunity #came #even #great #guys

Only the mediocre are always at their best. ↗

— Jean Giraudoux

#best #mediocre #only #their

He hated to think of his own life stretching ahead of him that way, a long succession of days and nights that were fine - not good, not bad, not great, not lousy, not exciting, not anything. ↗

— Robert Cormier

#life #mediocre #life

Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities. ↗

— Criss Jami

#creative #creativity #disagreeable #envy #intimidating

I watch mediocre shows that have been on for three or four seasons, and feel angry at them. ↗

— Andy Richter

#been #feel #four #i #mediocre