Tom Stoppard Quotes

I am one of the great army of mediocrity which constitutes the majority.

That, however, is - mediocrity, though it be called moderation.

Normalcy is not interesting.

You are not a special snowflake.

If everything is the same, nothing is special.

Beige curtains... there's nothing wrong with them. You're not like, 'Ew, gross! Beige curtains!' You just don't notice them either way. They're just, like, fine.

I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there.

… the commonest little dog I have ever seen, without one sign of distinction

I think I'm pretty average. Typical.

By definition, when you make something no one hates, no one loves it.

I don't want to be special.

Mediocrity inspires neither great love nor hate.

And meanwhile the sad truth was that not everyone could be extraordinary, not everyone could be extremely cool; because whom would this leave to be ordinary?

The only glory most of us have to hope for is the glory of being normal.

I'm not impressed by your performance.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was.

We're as average as everyday's wash.

Banality is sometimes striking.

I'm not ugly but I'm not pretty either. Everything is in-between. I have eyes that aren't green or brown, but a muddle. I'm not thin but I'm not fat either. the only thing you could definitely say about me is that: I'm short

I wouldn't say I'm normal. But I'm relatively stable. When I think of normal, I think of mediocrity, and mediocrity scares the f--- out of me.

All my friends are super normal.

I have no idea! I have been writing for 35 years and from the beginning up to now the situation's almost the same. I'm kind of an ugly duckling. Always the duckling, never the swan.

I wonder about prisoners. They're told, "You are free, you are innocent, you can go anywhere." I'm sure they usually feel nothing. They don't burst into tears or hysterics or joy or "I told you so." It's nothing. To be on the straight path isn't a bloody thing. It's just ordinary.

Mulch was not impressed. 'I'm not impressed,' he said.

Normal is absolutely my least favorite word.