Quotes About Imperfection

We're all broken, Laura. And we're all looking for someone to blame. God's the easiest target. We let ourselves believe that if He loved us, things would be perfect. But we both know that's not true.

Most people assume that a muse is a creature of perfect beauty, poise and grace. Like the creatures from Greek mythology. They're wrong. In fact, there should be a marked absence of perfection in a muse--a gaping hole between what she is and what she might be. The ideal muse is a woman whose rough edges and contradictions drive you to fill in the blanks of her character. She is the irritant to your creativity. A remarkable possibility, waiting to be formed.

or there, since few perfect examples

I turn over a new leaf every day. But the blots show through

there are no saints in politics, but imperfect people can make the world a better place.

No candidate is perfect' said Lloyd. 'It's how you deal with your weaknesses that matters

Nu exist? sfinÈ›i în politic?. Doar oameni imperfecÈ›i, care pot totuÈ™i s? schimbe lumea în bine.

Io so soltanto questo: nessuno è perfetto, in primo luogo, e a me sembra che tutti quanti impieghino la loro esistenza dilaniando il prossimo.

Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.

I aint sayin I'm requestin anyone that's perfect but I just need a woman that'll make it all worth it.

Marriage is two imperfect people committing themselves to a perfect institution, by making perfect vows from imperfect lips before a perfect God.

A good marriage is not one where perfection reigns: it is a relationship where a healthy perspective overlooks a multitude of "unresolvables."

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

There is no such person as a perfect parent, and certainly this book was not written by perfect parents. Do the best you can with the resources you have. That's all your child will ever expect.

Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.

Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud;Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun,And loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.All men make faults.

I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red than her lips' red:If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

They say, best men are moulded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad.

Get in there. Sing the song. Get out. I'm not big on a hundred takes and a thousand overdubs. My kind of singing isn't meant to be perfect. It's meant to reflect the imperfections of a human being like me. After a couple of takes, that reflection is pretty accurate.

Great! I've written something stupid, but I haven't signed a contract with anyone to produce solely wise and perfect works. I gave vent to my stupidity...and here I am, reborn.

You can't control life. It doesn't wind up perfectly. Only . . . only art you can control. Art and masturbation. Two areas in which I am an absolute expert.