“Only the mediocre are always at their best.”
As quoted in The Beauty Principal (1984) by Victoria Principal, p. 117
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Jean Giraudoux 14
French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright 1882–1944Related quotes
“My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.”
Variant: I am easily satisfied with the very best.
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
“My best birth control now is just to leave the lights on.”
As quoted in On Being Blonde (2004), by P. Munier, p. 84
“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter”
Attribution debunked in Langworth's Churchill by Himself. First known appearance is in a 1992 usenet post https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rec.arts.comics.misc/EMj3ZowKq1U/E0dsEBwdZEgJ.
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Source: Google books link https://books.google.com/books?id=vbsU21fEhLAC&q=average+voter#v=snippet&q=average%20voter&f=false
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.”
This may be original with Groucho, but the Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/category/jim-brewer/ mentions the earliest report found in a 1958 issue of Boy's Life magazine where it is attributed to Jim Brewer.
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Variant: Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Source: The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
This is actually James Branch Cabell from The Silver Stallion (1926)
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“You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try.'
Homer Simpson”