Talib Kweli Quotes

It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.

Good is not good, where better is expected

There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it.

Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.

Better than nothing is not good enough for you!

Ask for nothing less than inspiration.

Never settle for anything less than you want.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

I've never wanted just part of the package, part of the prize. I want it all!

The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion.

We dream of the perfect wave, the perfect job, the perfect house, the perfect love, and when we get there, we dream of something else, and the journey goes on.

The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.

Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely?

People might say, 'Jimmy Cliff, you've done a lot, achieved a lot. What more can you want?'

To me, the only sin is mediocrity.

When I was coming up in Miami, the music in the city at the time sounded completely different. I loved it, but it just wasn't the type of music I wanted to make. I wanted my wordplay to be more sophisticated. I wanted the sound to be more lush. I wanted my music to sound like who I was and aspired to be - boss.

I knew that it's typical for a black kid to say, 'I'm just going to rap.' I was like, 'I'm going to rap, but I'm going to study, I'm going to figure out what this is and how to put it together.'

Lucas is living the life that I wanted, but I want to be clear, I don't feel there's been any pressure for him to live it.

I have won things in my career, and people ask why that's not enough. But there can always be more.

This stardust won't settle, because none of us should settle.

One always wants more when things work out.

When you have ambition, then it's never enough to win.

Good is the enemy of great.