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Whatever I do might be good, it might be bad, it might be all sorts of things, but it's not mediocre.

Whatever I do might be good, it might be bad, it might be all sorts of things, but it's not mediocre.

"Terry Gilliam’s Three-Reel Circus". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. December 16, 2009.

High achievers tend to have major weaknesses. People without major weaknesses tend to be mediocre.

Guy Kawasaki (2015). “The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything”, p.145, Penguin

To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.

Alexis de Tocqueville, Arthur Goldhammer (2004). “Democracy in America”, p.576, Library of America

It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Richard Freeborn (1998). “Fathers and Sons”, p.79, Oxford University Press, USA

When a sonnet is mediocre it is bad, for it should be sublime.

Giacomo Casanova (1997). “History of My Life”, p.143, JHU Press

Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes.

Tom Peters (2010). “The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness”, p.8, Vintage

It's more than magnificent; it's mediocre.

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich (1992). “This is Orson Welles”, HarperCollins Publishers

A high church for the true mediocre.

1963 Of the FBI. The Presidential Papers,'Sixth Presidential Paper'.