"Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity."

-- Ellen Glasgow

#Winning Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Mediocrity Quotes

“Next Monday the Convention in Virginia will assemble; we have still good hopes of its adoption here: though by no great plurality of votes. South Carolina has probably decided favourably before this time. The plot thickens fast. A few short weeks will determine the political fate of America for the present generation, and probably produce no small influence on the happiness of society through a long succession of ages to come.”
“People say, ''I'm a woman trapped in a man's body'' or ''I'm a man trapped in a woman's body,'' but I say ''I'm trapped in a body.''”
“Many things make the ideal magazine story . But one thing is that it calls attention to the reader to something that they never would have imagined being interested in. And you leave them with a sense of wonder. I have to think more about this.”
“Age merely shows what children we remain.”
“How long a time lies in one little word?”
“Grit is not synonymous with hard work. It involves a certain single-mindedness. An ungritty prison inmate will mount a daring new escape attempt every month, but a gritty prison inmate will tunnel his way out one spoonful of concrete at a time. Grit”
“There are only three American names that are known in every corner of the globe: Singer sewing machines, Coca Cola and Elizabeth Arden.”
“Preaching Christianity to skeptics without first setting out the praeambula fidei [preambles of faith], and then complaining when they donâ€™t accept it, is like yelling in English at someone who only speaks Chinese, and then dismissing him as a fool when he doesnâ€™t understand you. In both cases, while there is certainly a fool in the picture, it isnâ€™t the listener.”

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