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    "Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters

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Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.

Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.

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The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity.

The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity.

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Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.

Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.

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In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as read more

In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as undisciplined, as somehow "too much.".

by Pauline Kael Found in: Mediocrity Quotes,
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Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

by William M. Winans Found in: Mediocrity Quotes,
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In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

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There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

by Peter F. Drucker Found in: Mediocrity Quotes,
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Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating

Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating

by Icelandic Proverb Found in: Mediocrity Quotes,
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Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Mediocrity Quotes,
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