Gary Weiss

There are a lot worse things you can do with all your bucks than giving them to even a mediocre mutual fund - such as, for example, giving them to a mediocre hedge fund. If supporting the lifestyle of a mediocre fund manager is your favorite charity, who am I to stop you?

American Journalist

Joseph Brodsky

Of course there is no denying the possible pleasure of holing up with a fat, slow-moving, mediocre novel; still, we all know that we can indulge ourselves in that fashion only so much. In the end, we read not for reading's sake, but to learn.

American Poet

Raymond Queneau

Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything.

French Poet

Robert Christgau

What helps change bad writing into mediocre writing is editing. Editing is in bad shape in print journalism, and is in virtually nonexistent shape in online journalism.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.

Scottish Writer

Jill Robinson

There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with. Love shouldn't be one of them. Anything less than extraordinary is a waste of my time.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

French Writer

Willie Robertson

You don't set off in life to be mediocre. At least, I don't.

American Celebrity

Lily Tomlin

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

American Actress

Johnny Iuzzini

The biggest fear in my life is being mediocre.

American Chef

Use 'mediocre' to express disappointment in something that didn't meet expectations.

Express Disappointment

Imply something is not worth time, money, or effort by calling it mediocre.

Not Worthwhile

When something is below what's typical, use 'mediocre' to compare.

Compare Below Average

Describe an experience or event that lacks excitement or interest as mediocre.

Lacking Excitement

Convey neutral or indifferent feelings towards something by classifying it as mediocre.

Neutral Feelings

Use 'mediocre' to modestly describe your own talents or achievements.

Convey Modesty

Use 'mediocre' for a restrained compliment, implying there's room for improvement.

Moderate Praise

When something is just okay and not particularly bad, describe it as mediocre.

Differentiate Fairness

 But it really hasn't been studied very much. It's a rather mediocre looking dragonfly. If you're going to study dragonflies, you want to study those really bright beautiful ones, like that red one. Or the really rare ones, the endemic endangered ones. This is, it seems a bit dull you know. It's sort of dull-colored. And it's fairly common.

Charles Anderson...

 of the movie and you know the the weight of achieving it was simply take a model throw it out of a helicopter and shoot it and that's simply what I did that's me shooting and I'm a fairly mediocre operator so I got that nice sense of verisimilitude of a kind of you know following the rocket all the way down

The art of creating awe...

 So I think living in a generic reality that's mediocre, there are nasty bits and nice bits and we could make the nice bits bigger and the nasty bits smaller and that gives us a kind of purpose in life. The universe is absurd,

Why does the universe...

 Which means I went camping solo in Maine for a week, to do a retro on my track record of mediocre relationships. Because the thing was, I knew what I wanted in a partner. Kindness, curiosity, empathy, a sense of purpose.

How to stop swiping and...

 can't even multiple homes, a yacht, my own plane, etc., etc., etc. But let's be I am not the smartest person you've ever met. I am certainly not the hardest working. I was a mediocre student. I'm not technical at all.

Beware, fellow...

 So try doing one better-than-nothing behavior. See how it goes. The goal, remember, is repetition, not high achievement. So let yourself be mediocre at whatever you're trying to do,

Christine Carter: The...

 Bridges -- beauty enriches life. Doesn't it? It enhances our well-being. Ugliness and mediocrity does exactly the opposite. And if we go on building mediocre, ugly environments --

Bridges should be...

 clean air, healthier food, beautiful forests and oceans bursting with life. So, you know, solving the climate crisis isn't about sacrificing and settling for a mediocre future,

How we can turn the tide...

 who rolls a rock up a mountain all day only to find the boulder rolled down at night. Don't live a life which is monotonous, mediocre, meaningless. Be spectacular! --

East vs west -- the...

 mediocre as these birds are at landing that's how spectacular they are underwater with their short flipper like wings the mirrors can plummet to a depth of

Mediocre