Quotes of Middling - somelinesforyou

“ There is always a point at which the terrorist ceases to manipulate the media gestalt. A point at which the violence may well escalate, but beyond which the terrorist has become symptomatic of the media gestalt itself. Terrorism as we ordinarily understand it is innately media-related. ”

- William Gibson

“ I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes — but is that all? ”

- Walt Whitman

“ To be interested in the changing seasons is, in this middling zone, a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. ”

- George Santayana

“ I'm not one of those fellows that is just going to have a psuedo-middling relationship. ”

- Russell Crowe

“ Only the mediocre are always at their best. ”

- Jean Giraudoux

“ I don't like the American media - particularly Fox. ”

- Neil Young

“ I performed adequately at school, but in comparison to my older brother, who set the record for the highest cumulative average for our high school, my performance was decidedly mediocre. ”

- Steven Chu

“ Art for art's sake? I should think so, and more so than ever at the present time. It is the one orderly product which our middling race has produced. It is the cry of a thousand sentinels, the echo from a thousand labyrinths, it is the lighthouse which cannot be hidden… it is the best evidence we can have of our dignity. ”

- Edward M. Forster

“ It is the one orderly product our middling race has produced. It is the cry of a thousand sentinels, the echo from a thousand labyrinths; it is the lighthouse which cannot be hidden the best evidence we can give of our dignity. ”

- E. M. Forster

“ The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media do this? By quoting some "expert"... you can always find some expert who will say something hopelessly hopeless about anything. ”

- Peter McWilliams
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