Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.
W. Somerset Maugham
Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's... →
Joyce Maynard
Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.
Reinhold Niebuhr
In Divine unity and the affirmation of it, Divine beauty and dominical perfection become apparent. If there was no unity, that pre-eternal treasury... →
Said Nursi
How do you try to play 'Captain Hook' better than, or as well as, Dustin Hoffman? You can't. It's perfection.
Colin O'Donoghue
Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back.
The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.
Ben Okri
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
George Orwell
Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.
C. Northcote Parkinson