“Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.” — Hans Magnus Enzensberger Quote

“Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.”

“Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.”

“Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.”

“I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myself that I'd never turn into that kind of person. My family also helps to keep me grounded. Whenever I get a 'diva moment,' as they like to call it, they let me know it and say, 'Stop acting like a diva!' They're pretty good at it, too.”

“If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are doing ourselves a disservice.”

“A servant of God has but one Master. It ill becomes the servant to seek to be rich, and great, and honored in that world where his Lord was poor, and mean, and despised.”

“I despised trying to lose weight, and I resented everyone that made me feel like I had to.”

“Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.”

“Pick any scientific field, and you'll find that those snubbed by their communities, left feeling alone and despised, were often those on the forefront.”