229 quotes found
“Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.”
“I like a man with faults especially when he knows it. To err is human- I'm uncomfortable around gods.”
“If the best man's faults were written on his forehead it would make him pull his hat over his eyes.”
“Friendships aren't perfect and yet they are very precious. For me not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.”
“Almost anything carried to its logical extreme becomes depressing if not carcinogenic.”
“A concern with the perfectibility of mankind is always a symptom of thwarted or perverted development.”
“When everything has to be right something isn't.”
“The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."”
“Perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world.”
“Perfectionism is slow death.”
“Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.”
“The more a human being feels himself a self tries to intensify this self and reach a never-attainable perfection the more drastically he steps out of the center of being.”
“The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He never tries anything new. He is a brake on the wheels of progress.”
“I only have to stop the puck not beat it to death.”
“To try to be better is to be better.”
“Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.”
“Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.”
“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
“Men who suffer not, attain no perfection. The plant most pruned by the gardeners is that one which, when the summer comes, will have the most beautiful blossoms and the most abundant fruit. The lab...”
“Perfect… is a moment. Not a life. You don’t get to perfect with long conversations and a shitty job and a high school sweet heart. Perfect comes, and it goes. Perfect is a moment. It comes, you mak...”
