Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Lyell

In the course of this short tour, I became convinced that we must turn to the New World if we wish to see in perfection the oldest monuments of the earth's history, so far at least as relates to its earliest inhabitants.

Charles Lindbergh

I realized that the future of aviation, to which I had devoted so much of my life, depended less on the perfection of aircraft than on preserving the epoch-evolved environment of life, and that this was true of all technological progress.

Charles Lindbergh

The readiness to blame a dead pilot for an accident is nauseating, but it has been the tendency ever since I can remember. What pilot has not been in positions where he was in danger and where perfect judgment would have advised against going?

William Shakespeare

Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well.

Bill Nichols

There's no use being satisfied when things are done wrongly. I want perfection.

Bertrand Russell

Each act of cruelty is eternally a part of the universe; nothing that happens later can make that act good rather than bad, or can confer perfection on the whole of which it is a part.

Carol Shields

The silence is perfect, and yet a torment ...

Carlos Castaneda

The body must be perfection before the will is a functioning unit

Catherynne M. Valente

Bad luck relies on absolutely perfect timing.

Carl Jung

Life calls not for perfection, but for completeness.

Carl Jung

Perfection belongs to the Gods; the most we can hope for is excellence.

We're right where we need to be. The mind-set and the attitude, everything is perfect right now.

We bordered on perfection out there tonight. The tie is not over yet, but we've taken a magnificent step toward the final.

Kurt Warner

A perfect scenario, a perfect place to be in. But then a lot of times it's more disappointing when you don't get it done in a situation like that.

Ken Hitchcock

As a coach, I?d rather he be down there playing then up here sitting. In a perfect world, he would practice with us and play with the Phantoms, but that?s unfair to the Phantoms.

I'm not a golfer, Derek, I think about the perfect game.

I know that when you see the arrest, it seems overzealous. But their performance was perfectly within the realm of reason.

I just want to do my personal best, whether or not I win, and stick all my routines and make it as perfect as I can.

Jane Fonda

I like being a supporting actress. I don't have to show up everyday. I was still writing the book, so it was the perfect thing. It may never be so perfect again,

It was perfect timing, right before the half, ... and it got us back in the game.

It's wonderful to work out a compromise. It's a perfect spot to start.

It works exceedingly well. We have the perfect spot on the rise.

Donald Rumsfeld

is something you prefer not to have to use in a perfect world.

Bernie Siegel

We have to create perfection through love

This makes perfect sense from a strategic point of view, ... not cheap.

Dora Russell

Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on trying.

Donald Rumsfeld

Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet.

Donald Miller

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are. And when you stop expecting material possessions to complete you, you'd be surprised at how much pleasure you get in material possessions. And when you stop expecting God to end all your troubles, you'd be surprised how much you like spending time with God.

Colleen McCullough

Perfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.

Colleen Hoover

Imperfections define perfection

Dalai Lama

We don’t need more money, we don’t need greater success or fame, we don’t need the perfect body or even the perfect mate-right now, at this very moment, we have a mind, which is all the basic equipment we need to achieve complete happiness.

Lord Byron

In short, he was a perfect cavalier, / And to his very valet seemed a hero.

Andrew Miller

I didn't know how it was going to work out at first, but 4W5 turned out to be a perfect location.