Top 111 Perfectionist Quotes

With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.
Adam Jones
I’m a perfectionist and, when it comes to people I want to work with, I have changed my mind, like, millions of times.
Cassie Ventura
I live to collect information, and I am also a perfectionist.
Meghan O’Rourke
I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.
Rachel Zoe
I’m a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out.
Emma Watson
‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ is still a fun movie, and it’s still fun to watch, but it is hard to watch myself sometimes. I get very critical. And people will say, ‘Mara, you were five.’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, but I still should have known better!’ I’m a lifelong perfectionist, what can I say?
Mara Wilson
We’re perfectionists. We take everything we do so seriously.
Perrie Edwards
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
I’m a dreamer, and I’m a perfectionist, and I love excellence, and that’s hardwired in me. But when I was young, I lived in a space for a long time where I only felt insufficient.
Christen Press
I’m a perfectionist. I can’t help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.
Justin Timberlake
At age 12, I was on ‘Guiding Light,’ and I wanted to be accepted by these adults I was working with. I started with the Eat Right for Your Type diet. A friend who was a little older was doing it. I have a perfectionist personality, so I wanted to do the best job I could. I was not eating anything it said not to.
Brittany Snow
I’ve always been that person: If it gets into my head, I’ve got to do it until I get it perfect – a perfectionist’s attitude.
Brendon Urie
I think any artist is a perfectionist by their nature.
Andrea Riseborough
I was something that is always hated in Hollywood – a perfectionist; nobody likes a perfectionist, you know.
Fritz Lang
Jim Cameron is a feisty man and a perfectionist, but also absolutely brilliant.
Kate Winslet
I’m quite confident with the way that I look but you find something else to focus on don’t you if, I mean I, I have body issues that’s my thing so you find something to focus on when you’re a perfectionist, I think.
Natalie Imbruglia
I’m a different person off the court than I am on the court, where I’m very competitive, a perfectionist, and I can be hard on myself sometimes. Off the court, nothing really bothers me. I’m easy-going.
Mary Pierce
I’m a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That’s why I do yoga: to unwind.
Felicity Jones
For me, it’s life or death doing plays: there’s this perfectionist thing about me that it has to be brilliant – anything less than that is a failure.
Marianne Elliott
I don’t want to call myself a perfectionist, because perfection is imperfection.
Ne-Yo
Perfectionists are their own devils.
Jack Kirby
I was into the music scene, but I was also a bit of a perfectionist and very hard on myself… very dark in that way.
Janet Fitch
I’m a perfectionist. I want everything done right. When it’s not done right, I’m not happy.
Kyle Walker
I have always been a very patient person, I am a perfectionist but have a high level of patience and think that’s one of the things when I started my comeback that really helped… I wasn’t rushing anything as long as I knew I was on the right track.
Tommy Fleetwood
People who are perfectionists always want to control ev

People who are perfectionists always want to control everything, but when you sing, you have to let go. And that’s hard.
Rosalia
I’m kind of a perfectionist, and it gets in the way with my putting sometimes. Golf is a messed-up game. When you feel you’ve figured it out is when you’re going to struggle.
Camilo Villegas
I’m never pleased with anything, I’m a perfectionist, it’s part of who I am.
Michael Jackson
Before I start directing a show, I try to spend a few weeks hanging around the set, getting to know the crew and talking to the actors about how they like to work. Who is fussy? Who is left-handed? Who wants to go home early, and who is the perfectionist?
Eric Stoltz
I’m a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it’s okay if there are flaws here and there.
Tyra Banks
If you have things and if you are a perfectionist, which I am, you have to really tend to them, and it takes energy away from other things.
Nicolas Berggruen
I’m such a perfectionist. I want to do better and better.
Victoria Azarenka
I am pretty tenacious as a perfectionist in terms of getting something right.
Garry Shandling
I’m a textbook definition of that perfectionist girl who has huge expectations of herself.
Rachel Zoe
I love to talk to children about making mistakes. It’s important that I tell them about how I don’t get it right the first time. We live in such a perfectionist society, and they see so many finished products and polished performances.
Patricia MacLachlan
When I was younger, before I was married and had children, I really was nit-picky, a perfectionist. I was very much into different people’s approval. I had too much time on my hands, I think.
Nia Peeples
As an athlete, I know that I’m such a perfectionist that I’ll want to go out and keep working on something over and over until it’s perfect. Part of growing up is learning to take a step back.
Adam Rippon
I’m a pretty chaotic person, but I’m also a perfectionist. It’s a very unfortunate mix.
Pawel Pawlikowski
There was a time where I was such a perfectionist even if I made the kick, but that’s no way to live. I can tell you what, that will drive you crazy. I’m very hard on myself, but if the ball goes in a little bit left of the middle, you’re not going to hear me crying about it.
Stephen Gostkowski
I don’t believe in perfection. I don’t think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.
Reese Witherspoon
I’m a better cook and more of a perfectionist than my mother.
Alexis Stewart
Sometimes it’s not always perfect, and there are mistakes, and you pick yourself up and move on. I’ve learned you can’t be a perfectionist. I still strive to do my best in every area, but I’ve learned to let go.
Lacey Chabert
Klopp is a fantastic guy. I rate him as an extremely professional coach, perfectionist, and a winning mentality.
Roberto Firmino