A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor I'm just gonna tell her 'Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they'll have to hire you they can't really fire you and you don't have to produce that much. It'll be awesome.'

There are pockets of great food in Spain but there are also pockets of very mediocre food in Spain and the same in Morocco and the same in Croatia and the same in Germany and the same in Austria.

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent but with great inner drive go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.

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

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

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