Perfectionist Quotes

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  Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

  Salvador Dali

  Funny, Music, Sarcastic

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• I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

  Michael Jackson

  Who I Am, Perfection, Excellence

  "Godfather Director Gets Good Rap". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.foxnews.com. February 10, 1993.

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

  William Shakespeare

  Perfection, Mars, Strive

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1785). “The Plays of William Shakspeare ...”, p.436

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• Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspiration, Perfect, Excellence

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• We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

  Sam Keen

  Love, Friendship, Anniversary

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• Perfectionists are their own devils.

  Jack Kirby

  Devil

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• Just because you're perfectionist doesn't mean you're perfect.

  Jack Nicholson

  Writing, Mean, Perfect

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• Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.

  Phil Collins

  Song, Thinking, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

  Voltaire

  Time, Hands, Goal

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• Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

  Michelangelo

  Education, Teacher, Art

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• Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

  Louis Auchincloss

  Perfection, Excellence, Fiction

  1965 Pioneers and Caretakers: A Study of Nine American Women Novelists.

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• Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

  Mae West

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

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• It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Perfection, Realising

  1891 Intentions, 'The Critic as Artist'.

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• Anything worth doing is worth doing well.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Perfection, Excellence, Quality

  Hunter S. Thompson, Jann Wenner (2012). “Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson”, p.312, Simon and Schuster

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• I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.

  Barbra Streisand

  Art, Thinking, Names

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• Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

  Harriet B. Braiker

  Motivational, Women, Memorable

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• I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.

  Serena Williams

  Motivational Sports, Perfection, Tennis

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• A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

  John Henry Newman

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Motivational Sports

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• I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted.

  Dennis Quaid

  Inspirational, Perfection, Excellence

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• I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Hate, Men, Thinking

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• The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.

  Francois Fenelon

  People, Perfect, Quiet

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• I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.

  Justin Timberlake

  Perfection, Upset, Excellence

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• I'm a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out.

  Emma Watson

  Perfection, Excellence

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• I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.

  Luciano Pavarotti

  Thinking, Perfection, Excellence

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• But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.

  Andy Hertzfeld

  Leadership, Passion, Thinking

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