“For I assure you, without travel, at least for people from the arts and sciences, one is a miserable creature!... A man of mediocre talents always remains mediocre, may he travel or not - but a man of superior talents, which I cannot deny myself to have without being blasphemous, becomes - bad, if he always stays in the same place.” PeopleIfsMenMayArtTalentCreaturesTravelRemainsDenySuperiorsMiserableMediocreArt And Science Author:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Nothing is more inspiring than a person with seemingly mediocre talent rising against the odds to become a champion by way of hard work, effort, and perseverance toward their goals.” WayPersonsHardGoalEffortTalentHard WorkPerseveranceChampionRisingOddsMediocreWork EffortAgainst The Odds Book:Born to Win: Find Your Success Code Source: Born to Win: Find Your Success Code
“Here is the reality - as I've been saying for longer than I can remember, Scott Walker is a mediocre county executive who has risen far beyond his talents.” I CanRealityRememberTalentExecutivesMediocreCountyRisenWalkers Author:Rick Ungar
“He [Bernardo Bertolucci] has the kind of talent that breaks one's heart: where can it go, what will happen to it? 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.' Well, Before the Revolution is too much and that is what is great about it. Art doesn't come in measured quantities: it's got to be too much or it's not enough.” WellsHeartKindArtRealCountryEnoughHappensBreakCreativityToo MuchTalentRevolutionQuantityMediocreBurstingUndisciplined Author:Pauline Kael
“John Major is what he is: a man from nowhere, going nowhere, heading for a well-merited obscurity as fast as his mediocre talents can carry him.” MenWellsPoliticalTalentMajorsMediocreObscurityHeadings Author:Paul Johnson
“Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don't.” PeopleFeelsSometimesStarsTalentEntitledMediocre Author:Barbra Streisand
“I can't think of a more mediocre human talent than George Bush. He obviously is a product of family advantage, and he's the worst American President of all time.” ThinkingHumansI CanPresidentWorstTalentProductsAdvantageAll TimeMediocreAmerican President Author:Randall Robinson
“The failure to find the right niche for people - or to let them find their own perfect niches - is a major reason that so many workplaces are mediocre, even toxic, in spite of the presence of talent. Leaders of great groups give them whatever they need and free them from everything else.” PeopleNeedsGivingReasonPerfectLeaderGroupsTalentMajorsSpiteToxicWorkplaceMediocreNiche Author:Warren G. Bennis