“Being realistic is the quickest path to mediocrity.”
“Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.”
“The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre work.”
“People can generally be classified into two groups: the mediocre realists and the mediocre dreamers. You clearly belong to the latter. Your fate is and will always be the fate of a dreamer.”
“I was giving up--being realistic, as people liked to say, meaning the same thing. Being realistic made me feel bitter.”
“Dreamers are not content with being mediocre.”