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Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
Ambrose Bierce
Success
Perseverance
Mediocrity
Virtue
Achieves
Whereby
Lowly
To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.
Confucius
Mediocrity
Those
Above
Highest
Announced
Talents
Subjects
May
Who
Whose
Below
Even if feminists tear down the bogeyman patriarchy and dominate men in all areas of life, they still won't be happy because deep down, they'll know it's a false victory. Achievement obtained by lowering your opponent to your standard as opposing to rising and surpassing their standard of output isn't achievement. It's mediocrity.
Dana Loesch
Life
Achievement
Be Happy
Happy
Victory
Men
Opposing
Down
Mediocrity
Rising
Area
Output
Know
Obtained
Because
Opponent
Still
Feminists
Surpassing
False
Dominate
Patriarchy
Lowering
Your
Standard
Deep
Deep Down
Even
Tear
Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Politics
Mediocrity
Despised
Greatness
Needed
My biggest concern is that America is drifting towards mediocrity and that people don't recognize - and by people I'm meaning Washington - don't recognize the sense of urgency and the fact that I don't think this is a crisis anymore. I think it's an emergency.
Howard Schultz
People
Sense
Think
Mediocrity
Crisis
Recognize
Emergency
Drifting
Fact
Towards
Concern
America
Anymore
Biggest
Urgency
Meaning
Washington
I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.
J. K. Simmons
Teacher
Director
Mediocrity
Respond
Someone
Well
Accept
Who
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
John Stuart Mill
World
Power
Mediocrity
General
Tendency
Throughout
Render
Ascendant
Mankind
Among
Things
I'm an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in life.
John W. Thompson
Life
You
Defeat
Mediocrity
Way
Guy
Driven
Idea
Accepting
Intensely
Succeed
Who
Competitive
There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.
Orison Swett Marden
Best
Good
Mediocrity
Superiority
Wrong
Between
Fairly
Infinite
Just
Difference
Little
Right
There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.
Paul Gauguin
Generation
Every
Mediocrity
Demand
Fresh
Always
Least
Cultivated
Taste
Heavy
Appetite
Largest
Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.
Allan Sloan
Great
Better
Mediocrity
Constant
Some
Column
Go
Than
Gold
I want to add something worthwhile rather than just chucking loads of stuff into the world. I don't want to feel responsible for adding to the soup of mediocrity.
Bat for Lashes
World
Mediocrity
Add
Adding
Responsible
Worthwhile
Something
Rather
Feel
Stuff
Soup
Than
Just
Want
Loads
There's so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee.
Benedict Cumberbatch
Mediocrity
Bureaucracy
Committee
Century
Much
In any area of human endeavour, there is going to be mediocrity. You're going to find people who get money that they shouldn't get.
Bill Bryson
You
People
Money
Mediocrity
Find
Area
Get
Endeavour
Any
Going
Human
Who
It's easy to deprecate some of the puffery and jingoism that often go with affirmations of 'American greatness.' It's also easy to confuse greatness with perfection, as if evidence of our shortcomings is proof of our mediocrity.
Bret Stephens
Confuse
Mediocrity
Our
Evidence
Easy
Some
Proof
Perfection
Also
Go
Greatness
American
Often
Shortcomings
Any corporate policy and plan which is typical of the industry is doomed to mediocrity. Where this is not so, it should be possible to demonstrate that all other competitors are at a distinct disadvantage.
Bruce Henderson
Mediocrity
Other
Corporate
Typical
Distinct
Possible
Disadvantage
Industry
Policy
Demonstrate
Any
Doomed
Where
Which
Plan
Should
Competitors
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
Charles Horton Cooley
Genius
World
Mediocrity
Too
Rise
Above
More
Somewhat
Talent
Likely
Than
Sensitive
Shrewd
A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.
Dan Gelber
Needs
You
Achievement
Celebrate
Financial
Strong
School
Will
Accountability
Mediocrity
Broaden
Adequate
System
Only
Investment
True
Until
Well
Without
Understands
Narrow
Continue
Expense
Curriculum
Happen
Cannot
Bar
Florida
Funding
Raise
Need
One of Pixar's key mechanisms is the Braintrust, which we rely on to push us toward excellence and to root out mediocrity. It is our primary delivery system for straight talk.
Edwin Catmull
Key
Mediocrity
Our
System
Out
Rely
Excellence
Push
Delivery
Primary
Toward
Talk
Pixar
Which
Straight
Us
Root
Mechanisms
Anyone could be in the orchestra, or sports team, or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity that now meets with a sort of scorn and derision as a prizes-for-all culture that generates only mediocrity. There's something so insulting about the idea that including lots of people means mediocrity.
Elizabeth Price
Sports
Culture
People
School
Club
Mediocrity
Meets
Kind
About
Something
Only
Could
Idea
Sort
Insulting
Lots
Scorn
Precisely
Orchestra
Arts
Anyone
Means
Derision
Team
Including
Now
If there is one thing that the women and men of the late 20th century who have an awareness and enjoyment of history can be sure of, it is that Islam was not sent from Heaven to foster egotism and mediocrity.
Fatema Mernissi
History
Women
Men
Islam
Awareness
Mediocrity
Late
One Thing
Sure
Women And Men
Egotism
Heaven
Sent
Century
Who
Foster
Thing
Enjoyment
Mechanization best serves mediocrity.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Best
Technology
Mediocrity
Serve
I truthfully think, a consistent coach over 30 years, probably, I'd rather be that than having one championship and mediocrity for years.
George Karl
Think
Mediocrity
Consistent
Rather
Having
Over
Years
Than
Truthfully
Coach
Championship
Anyone in the humor business isn't thinking clearly if he doesn't surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity - or you burn yourself out.
Hank Ketcham
You
Business
Yourself
People
Humor
Thinking
Mediocrity
Settle
Otherwise
Out
He
Idea
Clearly
Himself
Surround
Burn
Anyone
Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.
Henry S. Haskins
Good
Behavior
Mediocrity
Refuge
Good Behavior
Last
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.
Herman Melville
Best
First
Before
Mediocrity
Other
Excellence
She
Praise
Praises
America
Any
Children
Land
Even
Her
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