Quotes About Perfection

I do think that sometimes, especially coming into this going straight from activism to being a candidate or to being a person who potentially, you know, looks like will be holding political office soon, I think we expect our politicians to be perfect and fully formed and on point on every single issue.

A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.

Write. Write. Write. Learn how to revise. No story is perfect straight from the keyboard.

I can't draw a straight line.

I love my job. But I like to have fun at work. So I don't get finicky if one strand of hair is standing out in a shot. I don't get finicky about broken nails. I don't let small things affect me. I'm not perfect. Nobody is. There's no fun in being perfect. I enjoy my work; there's no pressure on me.

With Millais's paintings, it's microscopic; when he does hair, it's extraordinary: you can see every strand.

There's no such thing as a perfect guy. I think it would be strange if somebody was absolutely everything you always wanted, because then there'd be no challenge. Also, you'd feel inferior.

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.

When we cut 'Strangers In The Night,' we did the whole song in two takes.

I'd rather have quality over quantity. It's about perfecting each song and making sure it's what you want to do. And then even with what I share it's all very strategic.

You're after perfection,'Matt said. 'Is that so awful?' 'No, it's not, but if you aim for perfection, you've got to be ready to take the consequences of not getting it and one of those is ending up with no one.

The drive to close the gap between near-perfect and perfect is the difference between great and unstoppable.

He played a near-perfect game, but to him, not perfect enough.

Good production is like a beautiful marriage. It makes a happy home.

Refuse to accept partial completeness.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.

La perfección no se alcanza cuando no hay nada más que añadir, sino cuando ya no queda nada que quitar. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

y en la microoptimización,

Focus on great for a few things and good enough for the rest. Perfection is a good ideal and direction to have, but recognize it for what it is: an impossible destination.

Draft ugly and edit pretty.

si no haces algo bien, no lo hagas a menos que estés dispuesto a dedicar tiempo a mejorarlo.

Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away. —ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY, pioneer