We deny the parts of ourselves that we deem unacceptable rather than accepting the fact that we're all less than perfect. — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
Being the offspring of English teachers is a mixed blessing. When the film star says to you, on the air, 'It was… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
The business of education is not to make the young perfect in any one of the sciences, but so to open and… — John Locke Copy Share Image
You're not going to be perfect, you're not going to stop berating yourself, you're not going to stop the comparisons, you're not… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
The body with its perfect mechanism loses power, magnetism, beauty, and brightness, when the soul departs from the body. This shows that… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
The vigor of a mass movement stems from the propensity of its followers for united action and self-sacrifice. When we ascribe the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I knew that it wouldn’t last. It was just a moment, a perfect moment, as time stood still and fleetingly everything fell… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The clarity was startling and Samson wondered whether he was imagining these moments. Not that they hadn't happened at all, but that… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
I have made perfect choices ever since I went to Molde, then Salzburg and Dortmund. I'm not complaining about that. — Erling Haaland Copy Share Image
Ex-cons always say, "You never know what makes the wheels go round until you've done time in the joint." This is even… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life. — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
You cannot have all chiefs; you gotta have Indians too. Perfect love cannot be without equality. A friend to everybody and to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
To prefer paper to gold is to prefer high risk to lower risk, instability to stability, inflation to steady long term values,… — William E. Rees Copy Share Image
What motivates someone who's become wealthy to go out and work in the ghetto with those who are poor? What motivates one… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Well done, Sister," Blind Seer said. "I look forward to meeting this One above Ones. Now, you must make ready. I, of… — Jane Lindskold Copy Share Image
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
How many more tragedies does it take before we do something? How many more children have to die before this country realizes… — Alan Gottlieb Copy Share Image
One can't write a weird story of real power without perfect psychological detachment from the human scene, and a magic prism of… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
For much of my life I floundered under the excuse of "nobody's perfect," the liberating and over-used phrase that affords guys like… — Tarek Saab Copy Share Image
The very best place to be in all the world is St. Mary's parish, Jamaica. And the best spot in St. Mary's… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
We have a system which, though far from perfect, is strong with idealism. It gives elbow room for men of all races… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Everyone has failed, everyone has misspoken, everyone has meant well but done the wrong thing. Your favorite restaurants, cafes and books have… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Charlize Theron is perfect. She holds herself with so much poise and grace. I don't know if she looks so good because… — Alexandra Daddario Copy Share Image
“I could remember it. But I couldn’t see it again, and it occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is… — John Green Copy Share Image
I look like people that walk down the street. I don't have perfect boobs, I don't have zero cellulite - of course… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
What I've learned from sketch is you can get it as perfect as you want, and it's never going to be perfect. — Horatio Sanz Copy Share Image
The thing about Tolkien, about The Lord of the Rings, is that it's perfect. It's this whole world, this whole process of… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
The original sin is not that we are inherently flawed, born sinners, or imperfect; the original sin is that we do not… — Michael Anthony Copy Share Image
Maybe it's easier to have that desire guest-spot-packed album, for example, you're a rapper and you need someone to sing the hook.… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
No writer of a portion of the Bible was perfect. It was the direct and miraculous operation of the Holy Spirit that… — Walter Lang Copy Share Image
Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another? We can invest enormous time… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
And you still have to sqeeze into your jeans, but you're perfect to me.. — Harry Styles Copy Share Image
We all get angry and jealous sometimes, none of us is perfect, but we should not try to be different. — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Face towards the perfect image of every organ and the shadows of disease will never touch you. — Robert Collier Copy Share Image
Leonardo DiCaprio's life is the perfect example of how not to be. I would not wish his life on anybody. — Virginie Ledoyen Copy Share Image
It's something where I think I'm more on the side of an overthinker when it comes to my shot, where I'm always… — Kevin Huerter Copy Share Image
Wanting to know all kinds of things is perfect for novelists, because novelists are generalists. We're not specialists in anything, except, hopefully,… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
