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Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible


Margaret Mead

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Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible.
MARGARET MEAD Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
MARGARET MEAD I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but n...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT Some men are born Mediocre men, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upo...
JOSEPH HELLER Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon ...
JOSEPH HELLER Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon th...
JOSEPH HELLER Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity trust upon the...
JOSEPH HELLER Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
CLAUDE BERNARD Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
CLAUDE BERNARD Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge
CLAUDE BERNARD Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon th...
JOSEPH HELLER There's mediocre jazz, mediocre salesmen, mediocre golfers. If you want to be good, you have to ...
JASON MORAN Major Major had been born too late and too mediocre. Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve me...
JOSEPH HELLER The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they ...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW I think women can be as cruel as men, and men as tender as women, and vice versa.
AARON ECKHART Eventually, you get tired of seeing mediocre talent succeed, so you work as hard as they do.
DARNELL LAMONT WALKER The great universal family of men is a utopia worthy of the most mediocre logic.
ISIDORE DUCASSE LAUTREAMONT Saying this tongue-in-cheek but as far as men are concerned women are toys and as far as women are c...
KEN O. ELDIB People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to qui...
GEORGE E. ALLEN People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to qui...
GEORGE ALLEN We're going through the Olympics. We're watching women working as teams. We're watching ...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER I like it because it joins the two sexes basically. The men want the women to win as much as the wom...
DAVE PHILLIPS We have to expose Republicans for the frauds that they are when it comes to what they want to do for...
DANNEL MALLOY Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon th...
JOSEPH HELLER Until women are as ambitious as men, they're not gong to achieve as much as men.
SHERYL SANDBERG I'd like to get to the point where I can be just as mediocre as a man
JUANITA KREPS People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to...
GEORGE ALLEN, SR. As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always...
GAO XINGJIAN Men are every bit as gendered as women.
JACKSON KATZ his record as a prime minister is absolutely mediocre.
BRIAN MULRONEY Almost no men like to be addressed as BOY by any women; but, most of the women love to be recognized...
ANUJ SOMANY Women rescue men just as much as, if not more than, men rescue women.
CRISS JAMI Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to ackn...
DEE DEE MYERS When it comes to sex: some men treat women as objects; some women treat objects as men.
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA Professors of literature, who for the most part are genteel but mediocre men, can make but a poor de...
YVOR WINTERS Cosmo is feminist in that we believe women are just as smart and capable as men and can achieve anyt...
HELEN GURLEY BROWN Men are just as vain as women, and sometimes even more so.
HELENA RUBINSTEIN Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few do...
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few do...
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always...
GAO XINGJIAN I hate to generalize, but in general, both men and women suffer from ageism. Men much less because m...
GLORIA STEINEM Like men, women have to be diligent and work hard.
ZAHA HADID There are a lot worse things you can do with all your bucks than giving them to even a mediocre mutu...
GARY WEISS Men want to be known and loved for who they are by women.
SUZETTE R. HINTON Good men don't hit women. Good men only hit the women who want to be hit.
TIFFANY REISZ Most women have all other women as adversaries; most men have all other men as their allies
FRANK GELETT BURGESS Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
NICK SABAN Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY If you hire mediocre people, they will hire mediocre people.
TOM MURPHY Men and women are immigrants in each other's worlds.
YAKOV SMIRNOFF Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
ANDRE MAUROIS There's such a stereotype about men and women. Obviously, people think men are faster and strong...
KACY CATANZARO an insult to American working men and women.
LINDA CHAVEZ Societies are mediocre, individuals are excellent.
AMIT KALANTRI Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.
MAE WEST Entrepreneur, if your distinction isn't angering the mediocre, it's actually mediocre.
ONYI ANYADO Women need to learn to value themselves. But that has to be inculcated in men as much as women.
VIDYA BALAN Women work as much as men now, if not more. There's a resurgence of dads in the home and moms wo...
MORENA BACCARIN Ageing is something that both men and women are utterly terrified about.
CATE BLANCHETT Too often, women are portrayed in two ways: as prizes to be won by men or as damsels in distress.
ANN AGUIRRE Everybody must be managed. Queens must be managed. Kings must be managed, for men want managing almo...
THOMAS HARDY As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.
SYDNEY SMITH As the French say, there are three sexes, - men, women, and clergymen
SYDNEY SMITH Women, deceived by men, want to marry them; it is a kind of revenge as good as any other
PHILIPPE DE REMI Since men are not equals in white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchal class structure, which men do...
BELL HOOKS Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and ...
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD People ask why there are so few female artists who succeed. It's because women are not ready to ...
MARINA ABRAMOVIC Denmark can be very small, provincial, and mediocre.
THOMAS VINTERBERG A SUPERIOR person reflects through his behaviour to be ranking himself inferior on being asked to ra...
ANUJ SOMANY Make your free men and guests sit as far as possible at tables on either side, not four here and thr...
ROBERT GROSSETESTE I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.'
SYLVIA EARLE Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much for women, tho...
BETTE DAVIS If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious
ALPHONSE KARR How different the reasoning is that men adopt when they are discussing the cases of men and those of...
EMMELINE PANKHURST Men make the moral code and they expect women to accept it
EMMELINE PANKHURST I identify with women more than men. I guess I have a strong feminine side.
LENNY KRAVITZ Women prefer men who have something tender about them -- especially the legal kind.
KAY INGRAM One does so hate to admit that the average woman is kinder, finer, more quick of sympathy and on the...
SHERWOOD ANDERSON Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS Men need rule books. Women want men to intuit what they want. And only about 2% of men can do that, ...
DENNIS PRAGER Just as women are afraid of receiving, men are afraid of giving.
JOHN GRAY My record at the University of California as an undergraduate was mediocre to say the best.
DOUGLASS NORTH Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and kindle...
FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.
DICK VAN DYKE Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.
DICK VAN DYKE Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of today - who are eager to become men and wom...
PIERRE LOTI There are too many mediocre things to deal with.Love shouldn't be one of them.
UNKNOWN Sarah learnt a lot from Alex. Like the way men could say one thing, then another, then act in a way ...
EMILY MAGUIRE Men should be saying I want to become a woman. The world would be a far better place if more men wan...
ALBERT HALSEY They're really working hard to get an agreement as soon as possible.
LYNE LORTIE I wish that men were as resolute as women
ANNE JAVOUHEY We want to be treated equally as the men. This is not just about women's tennis, but women all over ...
VENUS WILLIAMS There is a great stir about colored men getting their rights, but not a word about the colored women...
SOJOURNER TRUTH Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish
THEODOR REIK Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reaso...
GEORGE CARLIN Only the mediocre are always at their best.
JEAN GIRAUDOUX Only the mediocre are always at their best!
JOHNATHAN WINTERS Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
JANIS JOPLIN Men need nutrition, counseling and health classes just as much as women,
ANN JOHNSON

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RICHELLE MEAD I’m not a warrior or a goddess,” I said at last.

Adrian leaned closer. “As far as I...
RICHELLE MEAD I won’t lie. Walking into a room and seeing your girlfriend reading a baby-name book can kind of m...
RICHELLE MEAD Because I’ve got a lot more terms of endearment to use. Honey pie. Sugarplum. Bread pudding."
RICHELLE MEAD Don’t take the high ground and assume you already know what you’ll do. The truth is, when it com...
RICHELLE MEAD Really, Sage? A date?”
I sighed. “Yes, Adrian. A date.”
“A real date. Not, like, d...
RICHELLE MEAD You're not as much of a lost cause as she was. I mean, with her, I had to overcome her deep, epic lo...
RICHELLE MEAD I decided the Alchemists needed an entire department devoted to handling Adrian Ivashkov.
RICHELLE MEAD I tried to be a better person for her– but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when ...
RICHELLE MEAD Takes a lot of tries before you hit perfection." He paused to reconsider that. "Well, except for my ...
RICHELLE MEAD How do you know if a demon is lying? His lips are moving.
RICHELLE MEAD I don't balance you like you need."
"What the hell does that mean?" he exclaimed.
My heart...
RICHELLE MEAD Anytime you're saying that a person will be thinking one way or another or biased one way or ano...
MATT MEAD I used to think you were weak and just didn't fight back ... but now, honestly, I think you're actua...
RICHELLE MEAD The center will hold.”

“How do you know?”

“Because we are the...
RICHELLE MEAD My God, Sage. Your eyes. How have I never noticed them?"

That uncomfortable feeling was s...
RICHELLE MEAD Hey, if you'd wanted to avoid 'this,' you shouldn't have lured me last night. Now it's too late. You...
RICHELLE MEAD You've always been my equal, Roza.
RICHELLE MEAD We can't..." he told me.
"I know," I agreed.

Then his mouth was on mine again, and t...
RICHELLE MEAD You will lose what you value most, so treasure it while you can.
RICHELLE MEAD