Quotes About Perfectionism

I've had jeans I liked a lot of things about, but then there would be one thing I didn't like, whether it was the bottom not being fitted enough or the top squeezed you too much.

There have been times when, as a chef, I've bawled at staff because something's not quite right. But later I'd reflect and feel guilty.

I grew up in what some would call an immaculately clean home. I hated my mom a little for it. I wasn't allowed to paint my nails, since they'd chip and 'look trashy.' My brother and I didn't run around in clothes that had holes or were stained.

I really care about what I put out, and probably more than the fans care. At times, I think I over-care. But I just know that the body of work has such a high standard that it's kind of like, in my own head, I need to at least match it if not get over that, so that's the challenge.

Ang Lee is very precise. He will show you everything, and will let you know what he is thinking about the whole project. There are a lot of rehearsals before shooting, and you already reach a certain standard. Then he will ask for more.

I had so much anger and judgement towards myself for my work not being up to the standard that I expected it to be, so I wouldn't allow myself to complete anything.

I do have impossibly high standards.

I set very high standards, normally for myself. For other people, I try to lower my standards.

I do have high standards. I look at everything I have done and think, 'Why wasn't that better?' Part of my motivation is from crippling self-doubt - I have got to prove myself wrong.

If I'm demanding and have high standards, I'm happy about that.

I have extremely high standards.

I know I have exacting standards.

It is important for poets and writers today to know their shortcomings, and be able to edit their own work as well as reject them if they are not up to their standards.

When I come offstage, if I've done a bad show or had a bad night, the fact that everybody was standing at the end or three or four times during the show means nothing to me. I know I could have done a better show.

It is the little things that throw me - the wrong pen, the wrong font. An interview done standing up is a disaster. I need my knees to rest notes on.

Ah suppose man, ah'm too much ay a perfectionist, ken? It's likesay, if things go a bit dodgy, ah jist cannae be bothered, y'know.

Our society mirrors the qualities of the Adaptive Child—black and white, rigid, perfectionistic, unrealistic, and unforgiving.

A local advertising periodical offered the following disclaimer: Just in case you find mistakes in this paper, please remember they were put there for a purpose. Some folks are always looking for mistakes, and we try to please everyone!

Chasing perfection is like chasing the fountain of youth—it's a fool's mission. Immediately divorce your self-esteem from perfectionism.

Oh, I'm completely OCD about neatness.

Nothing is ever enough for me. I'm always thinking what is wrong, what needs to be fixed.

I'm very neurotic is what my closet says about me. It's always in great order.

I'm neurotic about trying not to be neurotic!

I'm incredibly neurotic and a control freak. I like the thought that if there's going to be anyone to blame it's going to be me.