Acceptance of Mediocrity Quotes

I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough.

Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling against.

I really enjoy the fact that the very boring, normal person that I am isn't kind of interesting to anyone. It's fine by me.

It's amazing how quickly people get used to bad quality.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

You get so used to a world that you complain, but never actually want anything different. Why crave the unfamiliar?

Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say something.

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best.

There are many things that can keep you in a relationship," I say. "Fear of being alone. Fear of disrupting the arrangement of your life. A decision to settle for something that's okay, because you don't know if you can get any better. Or maybe there's the irrational belief that it will get better, even if you know he won't change.

You're the sort of person who, on principle, no longer expects anything of anything. There are plenty, younger than you or less young, who live in the expectation of extraordinary experiences: from books, from people, from journeys, from events, from what tomorrow has in store. But not you. You know that the best you can expect is to avoid the worst.