Alan Jay Lerner Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"Only the mediocre are always at their best."

by:	Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) American lyricist and librettist
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Categories:	Proverbs, Virtue
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-- Anon
Love it! I love this one too - I think it was also a LibertyTree quote: We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down. Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician. Retort from your living room is like shouting in a crowd, only you hear your words. RBE -- RBESRQ
This quote assumes a degree of predestination, but that could be due to a lack of context. Mediocrity, in my opinion, is more a function of lack of effort than lack of natural ability. -- Justin, Elkland
-- Anonymous, Reston, VA, US
It sounds like a mommily...what she might tell her child to get him/her to do better. -- Abigail Adams, hb
Or the stress free. -- Anonymous
And, boy, don't the mediocre think they are great! -- E Archer, NYC