Quotes About Imperfection

Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.

We don't live in a perfect world, but we do live in the best world that has ever existed.

Man is created for a purpose; the object of his existence is to perfect himself. Man is imperfect by nature, because if nature had made him perfect he would have had no wants; and it is only by supplying his wants that utility can be developed. The development of utility is therefore the object of our being, and the attainment of this great end the cause of our existence.

Write people's accomplishments in stone and their faults in sand.

I'm not saying I'm perfect. But I'm someone who analyses and reflects on what I do, whether it's in keeping with the ethics that I talk about in public. That's how I've been all my life.

There's something refreshing about going into filming and not brushing your hair, letting your toenails chip, drawing darker circles under your eyes.

I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does not, on the whole, have the highest regard for my own stuff in that when I look all I get to see are the flaws.

I'm rubbish - I'm really not good at my beauty regimes.

So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it.

Because you can't write habitually and well all the time, you have to be willing to write badly. That's how you get the regularity that enables you to be present for the good stuff.

I think a lot of people can relate to that school is pretty lousy for a lot of people, and it just shows that you don't have to be perfect and you can still be a hero.

Everybody can relate to that feeling that, 'I'm having one of those days where I'm not doing anything right.'

I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion.

On this planet, there is no perfection. If you chose to end relationships because of one mistake, you're going to be alone.

I'm alright with being disliked rather than trying to be perfect, because you get to relax then.

As a filmmaker, you complete a film you have spent years obsessively making, and you know the release prints will never look quite the same; prints get scratched and dirty.

Activism isn't about holding your faults up to the light. That's what comedy is about, it's about saying, 'Look at this person who is so flawed and frail and damaged. And we're all this frail and damaged so let's laugh at it.'

I've got holes in my guitar.

I'm horrendous at capturing a decent selfie.

I'm a normal, horrible, screwed up human being like everyone else. I mean, I'm not horrible person, but I'm just as screwed up as anybody.

I was the worst game show host that ever lived, and I knew it.

There's no perfect household anywhere.

I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being.

I'm not a perfect human being.