J. J. Abrams Quotes

There is no room in the world, as you say, for second rate work.

It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

To me, the only sin is mediocrity.

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

We strivin' for perfection.

The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.

Good enough never is.

When you have had a taste of excellence, you cannot go back to mediocrity.

I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness.

I've never met a client who wants to be the worst.

Excellence is the accumulation of hundreds of minute decisions; it is execution at the most granular level. Once you accept the idea that you should give in to things that make no sense because other people do those things and you want to appear reasonable, you are on a path towards mediocrity.

Good is not good, where better is expected

Don't settle for mediocrity; never let good enough be good enough.

I would rather spend my entire life doing nothing than have my name attached to something mediocre.

'Good enough' stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great?

Better than nothing is not good enough for you!

Nothing is more expensive than mediocrity.

I find mediocrity hard. I find that whole area difficult. I'm a very passionate person; I care very much about what I do. I believe I give it a lot, so it's gotta be good; otherwise, what's the point?

I only scream and scratch when something's only 'really good' or 'good', I want to be great, or let's go home.

Good is the enemy of great.

Everything I put my name to and take part in, I want to be good. That's not saying it will always happen. But I want to make bold choices.

Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.

Strive for perfection. Nobody's going to be perfect on this earth. But strive for perfection.