Mediocrely Synonym Quotes & Sayings

Accomplishing hard things requires preparation, a realistic understanding of what may be required and a willingness to put forth the effort. — Andi Jones

If someone like you showed up to abduct me, I'd let you. — Richelle Mead

Begin and you're halfway there. — Alfred Armand Montapert

I never enjoyed working in a film. — Marlene Dietrich

Our training is world-class across all the services. We spend an awful lot on every soldier, sailor, airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman that comes in, and we ask them to do an awful lot, sometimes more than we expect of ourselves, and they do that. — Michael Mullen

They kept yelling at me to pay attention during school, since education hasn't panned out for me can I get a refund, or at least a rebate? — Neil Leckman

Since no one is always right, always being right is really a role model for his children feeling inadequate. — Warren Farrell

Annie giggled again. She couldn't seem to stop herself. And when she did, the most incredible thing happened. Alex's grin vanished, and after gazing down at her for what seemed to her several endless seconds, he got tears in his eyes. "Thank you," he said. Only that, just a simple "thank you." But to Annie, those were the two most wonderful words she'd ever seen spoken, and they meant more to her than a thousand others might have. With them, he told her a wealth of things, namely that he had meant everything he'd said to her in the attic, that he not only wouldn't punish her for making noise, but that he wanted her to. — Catherine Anderson

Moving heavy objects allowed me to feel manly in the eyes of other men. With the women it didn't matter, but I enjoyed subtly intimidating the guys with bad backs who thought they were helping out by telling us how to pack the truck. The thinking was that because we were furniture movers, we obviously weren't too bright. In addition to being strong and stupid, we were also thought of as dangerous. It might have been an old story to Patrick and the others, but I got a kick out of being mistaken as volatile. All I had to do was throw down my dolly with a little extra force, and a bossy customer would say, Let's just all calm down and try to work this out. — David Sedaris

Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything. — C.S. Lewis

I started writing juvenile novels around 1985. I never really thought of it as a career, but more as a way to make a living. — Natsuo Kirino