Quotes about perfection
perfection perfect mind
Work to perfect the mind. There is no certitude but in what the mind conceives. Georges Braque
perfection achievement pursuit
The pursuit of perfection prevents achievement of the satisfactory. George Will
perfection world nonsense
If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do. George Bernard Shaw
perfection people empathy
Like many people, most Libertarians feel empathy and sympathy for less fortunate people. But they know you can't have perfection in a world of limited resources. Harry Browne
perfection style storytelling
I achieved perfection, my type of perfection - visual storytelling. Storytelling was my style. Jack Kirby
perfection add
Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
perfection simplicity body
Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.
perfection needs goes-on
Perfection is never achieved, so you need to go on working. Azzedine Alaia
perfection want stuff
Grain is life, there's all this striving for perfection with digital stuff. Striving is fine, but getting there is not great. I want a sense of the human and that is what breathes life into a picture. For me, imperfection is perfection. Anton Corbijn
perfection
Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed.
perfection add
Perfection is reachednot when there's nothing to add, but when there's nothing to take away.
perfection mind quality
Nothing endures, nothing is precise and certain (except the mind of a pedant), perfection is the mere repudiation of that ineluctable marginal inexactitude which is the mysterious inmost quality of Being H. G. Wells
perfection demand statistics
Software breaks before it bends, so it demands perfection in a universe that prefers statistics. Jaron Lanier
perfection shining soul
The perfection of outward loveliness is the soul shining through its crystalline covering. Jane Porter
perfection perfect shakers
Flawed can be more perfect than perfection. Gretchen Rubin
perfection excellence mediocrity
Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better. Gordon B. Hinckley
perfection trying obligation
I have striven for perfection, it has always eluded me, but I surely had an obligation to make one more try. Giuseppe Verdi
perfection humanity steps
We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below. Herman Melville
perfection creation certain
There is a certain perfection in accident which we never consciously attain. Henry David Thoreau
perfection masters workers
There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.
perfection abstinence reason
Abstaining so as really to enjoy, is the epicurism, the very perfection, of reason. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
perfection age busy
The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection. Jeremy Bentham
perfection problem precision
The problem was precision, perfection; the problem was digitization, which sucked the life out of everything that got smeared through its microscopic mesh. Jennifer Egan
perfection problem clean
Too clear, too clean. The problem was precision, perfection;
perfection mind doe
For, above all, I hold a notion of possibility and necessity according to which there are some things that are possible, but yet not necessary, and which do not really exist. From this it follows that a reason that always forces a free mind to choose one thing over another (whether that reason derives from the perfection of a thing, as it does in God, or from our imperfection) does not eliminate our freedom. Gottfried Leibniz
perfection alternatives illusion
It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism. Jacques Barzun
perfection progress execution
More progress results from the violent execution of an imperfect plan than the perfection of a plan to violently execute. Hubert H. Humphrey
perfection listening conversation
Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
perfection development symptoms
A concern with the perfectibility of mankind is always a symptom of thwarted or perverted development.
perfection imagine persons
Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me. Hugh Mackay
perfection barbers
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke. George Herbert
perfection excellence quality
Anything worth doing is worth doing well. Hunter S. Thompson
perfection certain it-takes-time
In the beginning I pushed toward perfection, but it takes time to get to certain places. Alexander Wang