O natiune in ascensiune poate profita de mediocritati; o natiune in declin nu mai stie sa-si foloseasca geniile.
John Lanchester – “Capital”
Middle-class mediocricity.
Suburban mediocricity.
A culture that openly worships the average.
A society that allows the idea of the elite to exist only in relation to sport.
A culture of fat people who aren’t interested in anything except celebrity, people who wat in the street, people who betray their ordinariness every time they open their mouths.
Umberto Eco – "Insula din ziua de ieri"
Isi cultivase propria-i mediocritate, netemandu-se sa fie eminent in lucruri mediocre, ca sa evite ca intr-o buna zi sa fie mediocru in lucrurile eminente.