229 quotes found
“Use what talents you have the woods would have little music if no birds sang their song except those who sang best.”
“I'll take any way to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy I'll go in as a batboy.”
“Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.”
“If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia-I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.”
“When something has been perfect there is a tendency to try hard to repeat it.”
“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”
“There are many lovely women but no perfect ones.”
“Trifles make perfection and perfection is no trifle.”
“Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see. Thinks what ne'er was nor is nor e'er shall be.”
