Top 161 Not Perfect Quotes

I’m not perfect, I just do what I think is right. So if I can’t fulfil people’s expectations, I’m sorry, but it’s not my fault.

I’m not perfect.

Respect your kids. They are their own people. I think sometimes we expect kids to be perfect when we’re not perfect.

I try to be as real and honest about everything and very genuine with people and say, ‘Listen, I’m a Christian, and I’m not perfect. I screw up every day, but I think that’s what grace is all about.’

French girls don’t care about the perfect look; we actually like when it’s not perfect because that’s what makes our style effortless.

I’m not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.

I know I’m not perfect.

I’m not perfect. I am not Iron Man.

The drums are very trashy: it’s all electric, it’s very in your face, and it’s not perfect. It’s raw, and I think that’s what ‘garage’ means.

Part of the beauty of the show in a way is that he’s not perfect, but you can always count on him to do the right thing in a pinch. That’s why he inspires people and inspires me.

Every day is not perfect.

With my physicality and my face, I don’t think I could pull off a completely righteous guy. There’s something devious about my eyes. I like characters with flaws and to see how they overcome those flaws. I want to play real people, and they’re flawed, not perfect.

I could easily be defending my title against top contenders in the Top 10, but if they haven’t been champions or their record’s not perfect, it doesn’t really excite me. It doesn’t motivate me. But that’s why I’m facing guys like Dejan Zlaticanin, Sergey Lipinets, undefeated champions.

I’m always in search for perfection. If it’s not perfect, I’m back to the drawing board.

Life is not perfect. I’ve had my share of sweat, blood and pain.

We need to learn to work with political systems that are not perfect instead of taking the view: let’s first fix the politics, then we’ll fix the rest.

My parents were not perfect, but no one’s parents are. As childhoods go, mine was pretty comfortable and good in a lot of ways, and yet I still ended up with anxiety.

I’m not perfect. I’m never going to be. And that’s the great thing about living the Christian life and trying to live by faith, is you’re trying to get better every day. You’re trying to improve.

I know who I am. I am not perfect. I’m not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I’m one of them.

The market economy is very good at wealth creation but not perfect at all about wealth distribution.

It’s very fun to be the hunter of the sounds. The hunter of the right energy. And it’s not really about if every sound is correct; it’s more the energy – if it hits you in some way, it doesn’t really matter to me if it’s not perfect. I’m still very excited while hunting for songs.

I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?

Even Gerd Muller, the top scorer in our nation’s history, was not perfect.

All my time not devoted to my master’s service was spent either in prayer, or in making experiments in casting different things in moulds made of earth, in attempting to make paper, gunpowder, and many other experiments, that, although I could not perfect, yet convinced me of its practicability if I had the means.

We’re not perfect, but we want to do the right thing.

I’ve always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.

I understand that I’m not perfect. I made mistakes and I had a hand in everything that’s happened to me, good and bad.

We’re not perfect. We’re a work in progress. But man, America has gotten a lot of things right.

I’m not perfect.

I’m not perfect. As a Christian, you’re not perfect, you know, but you’re walking every day and trying to stay connected.

My parents did not have a perfect marriage. It was pretty good, but it was not perfect. My marriage is not perfect. My wife is, but I happen to be imperfect. However, that does not discount the fact that the definition of marriage must be defended and protected.

I think what is interesting in life is all the cracks and all the flaws and all the moments that are not perfect.

Just like everyone else, I’m not perfect; I go through challenges as well.

We are all human beings, and we all have insecurities, but it’s about being healthy and happy with yourself. I’m not perfect, and I will indulge in pizza and sweets on occasion. The goal is to make the majority of your decisions good for your body. So listen to your body, and treat it like your temple.

I was nervous before races. Every race was not perfect… Every morning when I woke up the first words weren’t always, ‘Oh, I’m so excited.’

Life can be tough sometimes. But I think it just starts with admitting, ‘Okay, the world’s not perfect, how do we live our lives within that and not be miserable?’

Take it from this immigrant from Israel, a proud Israeli-American, born in Egypt, a Muslim country: America is great. Not perfect, but great. And we shouldn’t allow any rhetoric to make us think otherwise, because America is great – period.

I want to be taken seriously: I can cook, I do have qualifications, OK, I do make mistakes, but I want to show that on camera. I’m not perfect. I’m someone who works hard, who is serious about what they’re doing. It’s substance over style.

My life is not perfect.

Life is not perfect.

I’ve always believed that you have to have the skills before you destroy the skills. If you want to be crude, be crude, but don’t be crude because you don’t know how to do it, because you’re not perfect at drawing and pattern-cutting.

As an industry, the film industry is better than most. It’s not perfect – I wish every company would carbon-offset their productions – but it’s better than one would expect.

President Karzai’s regime is not perfect. There are problems of improving governance. But you cannot transform Afghanistan overnight. It is going to be a long-term affair.

You know what’s the worst part about being an actress? It’s the pressure to look gorgeous all the time and to behave perfectly. But I’m not perfect; nobody is.

I am not perfect, but my faith keeps me as close to the straight and narrow as possible.

I’m not perfect; I’ve never professed to be, and I don’t want to be. How much fun is that?

Every race is not perfect; there are obviously a lot of things I can improve on at the end of the race.

I’m not perfect and I know it. I’ve done all sorts of things that are frowned upon these days – big-game hunting, fishing. I still enjoy fishing but I don’t kill warm-blooded animals any more – I make an exception with birds sometimes.

You can’t have a hit every time. The main thing is to keep on working and not be afraid to take risks. It’s better to do something that’s not perfect and successful every time. It’s important to be fearless and move forward, to learn from what went wrong.

We’re not perfect, but we do have democracy.

We’re not perfect; no one’s perfect. You know how many people have been injured in the ring? But for some reason, I was, like, showcased in such a way of, like, this evil person and ‘Look what she’s done,’ and I got bullied really bad.

There are some times when I have to take off the manager hat and be a father. And sometimes I have to take the father hat off and be a manager. And just to balance of that – and I’m not perfect so I make mistakes with that.

What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.

There’s a time in your life where you’re not quite sure where you are. You think everything’s perfect, but it’s not perfect… Then one day you wake up and you can’t quite picture yourself in the situation you’re in. But the secret is, if you can picture yourself doing anything in life, you can do it.

I’m not perfect at all.

I’m very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I’m not perfect. But you have to make sure that your children will know that daddy makes mistakes.

Everybody wanna be a super dad and the best dad ever, but sometimes, I’m just realizing that I’m not perfect.

We’re not perfect, and there are some dark patches in our past, but what makes us special is that we recognize these evils, we come to grips with them, and we fix them.

All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.

Technology makes things faster and more cost-effective, but it’s not perfect. It requires you to be as flexible as you can be.

I’m not perfect, believe me.

I’m not perfect and no one else is perfect.

Our society is not perfect and this will come as no surprise to many of you.

No, I’m not perfect in any way.

We’ve had hassles, ups and downs, ins and outs, failures and triumphs. We’re human beings, and we’re not perfect. And we’re mortal. But the Beach Boys is musically a tremendous body of work that transcends individuality and time and national boundaries.

I am a Barack Obama fan from head-to-toe – always have been. He’s not perfect; nobody is going to be that way.

Bills ought to be passed with deliberation by committees. Change should be achieved in a bipartisan manner. Incrementally, day by day, we should reach a consensus – not perfect, by any means – but something that we can be proud of, nonetheless.

It has been very rare to see a black woman as a protagonist. And also as three-dimensional people – mathematicians, mothers, wives, complicated people, not perfect.

Although I wanted to Remain, I know the E.U. is not perfect. I have attended more than enough of its council meetings and read enough of its commission papers to understand its flaws.

I think I’m a pretty moral guy, a very moral guy, but I’m not perfect.

I’m so much better off when I trust my instincts. But they’re not perfect.

A life of anybody is not perfect; there is always things that happen, and that is what makes it interesting.

The speech recognition is now good enough that I dictate emails on my phone rather than type them in. It’s not perfect, but it’s good enough that it changes how I interact with my phone.

The A.C.A. is not perfect, but it has helped us move forward.

Maybe you’re not perfect, but you’re willing to actually look at yourself and take some kind of accountability. That’s a change. It might not mean that you can turn everything around, but I think there’s something incredibly hopeful about that.

Love isn’t always pretty, it’s not perfect and it’s messy and it hurts and sometimes as much as you want to say you love someone, you have to say I wish I didn’t love you.

I think what people like about my channel is that I am not perfect. I always point to my pimple, my bad hair day… people relate to that. They are watching somebody who is exactly like them and talking about things that they experience as well.

From the core, I’m a shy person, but when I’m on stage, I know how to put it aside. Of course, I’m not perfect, but I’ve definitely grown as far as being comfortable on stage.

It works better if your lead character is complex and interesting and not perfect.

I’m not perfect – I’m human, and I can make mistakes – but I’m always going to fight clean; I’m always going to go out there and try to put on a good show.

I am who I am and that’s all I’ll ever be. Not perfect, nobody is.

You’ll see the most perfect person, and you are like, ‘God, she’s, like, perfect.’ And then she’ll tell you everything that’s not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems – in their own minds.

No marriage is perfect. How can it be, when as human beings we are not perfect?

I make mistakes growing up. I’m not perfect; I’m not a robot.

I’m not perfect. But I hold myself to a high standard every day.

Nobody has a perfect anything. We don’t have perfect lives. We’re not perfect beings.

I’m not perfect.

I’m not perfect. I’ve made mistakes. I’d do a lot of things different if I could. I’d never, ever, get involved with surrogacy again. It’s so weird.

It feels great to be a role model and I’m very careful with the things I do. I’m not perfect, I do make a lot of mistakes, but I try my best.

Everybody makes mistakes. I’m definitely not perfect.

I’m not perfect. No one is.

I’m not perfect, but I’d like to be perfect. I’m working on it.

I’m not perfect in my walk but I want to do the right thing.

I’m not perfect. I’m not polished.

I didn’t work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it’s not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python.

I’m not perfect.

I just have to be myself. I’m not perfect, and I’m going to make mistakes; I might say the wrong thing. I have to be responsible to my community, and I feel like I am, but then I have to not be so hard on myself.

Whatever my situation is, I want to show that I’m not perfect, and perfect isn’t real. The youth need to know that, especially.

The Affordable Care Act is not perfect, and I would vote to build on its success while fixing what doesn’t work.

I just want people to remember I’m not perfect. I just try to lead with love every day.

I’m so not perfect.

I know I’m not perfect.

The technique to apply lipstick is no technique. It’s okay if it’s not perfect.

I started in business journalism from the outside, so when I started writing about markets and business, I was struck by the fact that markets seemed to work well even though people are often irrational, lack good information and are not perfect in the way they think about decisions.

The SAT is not perfect. We all know smart, knowledgeable people who do badly on standardized tests. But neither is it useless. SAT scores do measure both specific knowledge and valuable thinking skills.

The public talk colloquially, the public’s grammar’s not perfect. They kid around and I don’t think they overly mark me down for that. They just see me as a normal guy.

I’m not perfect.

I didn’t want to just watch a woman who was getting it right all the time. We’re not perfect.

I’m not perfect, I do drink. I do smoke. Carson Daly can’t go out and get messed up, he can’t smoke in front of kids – he’s the face of MTV, and he has to be good. But me? I can.

I truly believe that we have the best health care system in the world. It’s not perfect, but this business of turning it over to the federal government to try to make it perfect is quite honestly asinine.

Look, the justice system is made up of people. People have faults. It’s not perfect.

As a public figure, you have to maintain a certain demeanor. We also have responsibility to the public, but of course, I’m not perfect. I have a lot of flaws; my husband can tell you that, my friends, even. They know who I am.

Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn’t ask to be a role model, because I’m not perfect.

I am not perfect! When I was a little girl I thought I was ugly. My nose was too big for my face.

There is only one person who represents all Americans. We need a president who speaks out and condemns racism and anti-Semitism. We need a president who recognizes everyone is equal. We are not perfect, but we all deserve respect.

I love, but I am not entirely sure how to be loved: how to be seen and known for the utterly flawed woman I am. It demands surrender. It demands acknowledging that I am not perfect, but perhaps I deserve affection anyway.

Finishing something is the hardest part. You know it’s not as good as you hoped. You know there are plot problems. You know that by finishing it, you’re saying – even if only to yourself – ‘This is the best I can do.’ And because it’s not perfect, that’s really hard.

Liberal capitalism is not perfect, but compared to the other ‘isms,’ it’s far superior.

This is what people don’t understand. When they might see me do something that’s not ‘God-like,’ then they say, ‘Well, I thought you were saved?’ I am saved. I’m not perfect. I have emotions still. My name’s still Gary. These things here are not all cleaned up. I’m showing you my path.

It sounds funny, but my biggest fear is that I’m not perfect. I’m a perfectionist, and I get upset when things go wrong or when I don’t do well.

I think what ‘The Monster’ means to me is I find it really hard – like a lot of other people in the world – to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, ‘It’s OK that you’re not perfect.’ I’m gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I’m a little crazy.

I’m not perfect. I make mistakes.

I’m a human being. I’m not perfect.

I think it’s flattering when people say I’m a role model, but I don’t think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word ‘role model.’ I’m not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.

In public, when my kids have not been behaving great – because that’s life, my kids are not perfect, okay – I’ve noticed other people watching me. And I felt judged, because I’m obviously in the public eye. So that’s been hard.

You know, you work on things with people if they’re not perfect – no one is.

A woman’s life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a man’s life perfect or whole till he has added to himself a wife.

The Republican party is not perfect, but if you put this party’s record of achievements on one side of a balance scale and the Democrat’s record on the other, the Republican side would slam the table.

My message is a simple one – the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland’s interests are best served by being a member.

I’m not perfect. And who knows how many times I’ve fallen short. We all fall short. That’s the amazing thing about the grace of God.

I really believe I’ve been a good person. Not perfect – forget about perfect – but just learning by what I was taught and living by my own values. I might have stepped on a few ants – and a few other things as well – but I’ve never hurt anybody.

I’m centered in who I am, and I’m really grateful. I’m not perfect.

For me, I know that people always expect me to be perfect, so when I’m not perfect, it’s really frustrating. I’m really hard on myself and want things to work out right away.

I’m not perfect, I’m not brilliant at everything, I just try my best and I enjoy crafting. If I have something old or broken and I can use it for something else, I get a real joy out of it.

I think I’ve learned, really, just how to let go – if an idea doesn’t work, or it’s not perfect, that’s O.K.

Unless you’re Gisele, you wake up some days and feel ugly. When that happens, I accept that I’m not perfect and it’s OK; I can start over again tomorrow.

I stand behind these words: I’m a Christian, but I’m not perfect.

Through a long and painful process, I’ve learned that happiness is an inside job – not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I’ve become a different and better person – not perfect, but still a work in progress.

I definitely see myself as as much a feminist as I can try to be. I know I’m not perfect, but I definitely feel the connection with women. I feel them.

Like other human institutions, courts and juries are not perfect. One cannot have a system of criminal punishment without accepting the possibility that someone will be punished mistakenly.

I think that’s when people get the most disappointed. Things don’t go as perfect as they want it to go and they feel like they’ve done everything up to that point to prepare for it and that’s just life. That’s how it is. Everything’s not perfect.

I’m not perfect, but I do my best.

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they’re 21 years old.

The best records are not perfect. They don’t sound digital or like someone applied rules.

I strive for perfection, but I’m not perfect. But what I can say is my morals are totally different than any other 24-year-old rapper my age now. I look at life totally different. A whole other aspect. I have different views and morals on life in general. And opinions.

I am not perfect. I know that. None of us is perfect.

Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity not a dream but an accomplishment. Perhaps it is not perfect, but it is more full in realization here than any other place in the world.

I’m not perfect but I always try to give of my best.

I wanted fans to know that I’m human and not perfect.

All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.

I and Dil Raju guru have always wanted to work with each other. He had sent to me stories, 4-5 over the years, but somehow, something was not perfect with them. But when I listened to ‘Nenu Local,’ I felt the time had arrived.

This is who I am. I’m not perfect. I don’t want to try to be perfect.

I’m a perfectionist, and even if something comes out great, it’s still not perfect, you know?

Women tend to judge other women harshly. We should be kinder to each other, accept that we’re all different and can make different choices. Not go for some kind of stereotypical idea that we’re perfect. Frankly, I’m not perfect.

People are not perfect, and most marriages are not perfect.

Yes, I take a private plane on holiday a couple of times a year, and I feel horribly guilty about it. I probably shouldn’t do it. But the truth is, I’m not perfect.

Yes, I do believe that human beings are not perfect.

I think it’s great that she’s not perfect and wasn’t perfect. I think that’s maybe why so many young girls and different people look up to Mac and respect her even more.

Politics is not perfect but it’s the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.

America is not perfect. It took a bloody civil war to free over 4 million African Americans who lived enslaved. It took another hundred years after that before they achieved full equality under the law.

I don’t like people who hide things. We’re not perfect, we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.