"They are the driven crowds that makes the army of the authoritarian overlord; they are the stuffing of conservatism .…"

"She’s a little bit below mediocre, isn’t she? And the worst kind of below-par personality at that: the kind who belie…"

"I've always been an independent thinker inclined to take risks in search of rewards—not just in the markets, but in m…"

"We mistrust anything that too strongly challenges our ideal of mediocrity."

"Our democratic dogma has leveled not only all voters but all leaders; we delight to show that living geniuses are onl…"

"There’s only one real evil in the world: mediocrity."

"Only the mediocre are always at their best."

"Those who aim at faultless regularity will only produce mediocrity, and no one ever approaches perfection except by s…"

"Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them."

"I wouldn't say I'm normal, but I'm relatively stable. When I think of normalcy I think of mediocrity and mediocrity s…"