Words matter. These are the best Imperfection Quotes from famous people such as Annie Besant, Wislawa Szymborska, Marsha Blackburn, Evgeny Morozov, Gustav Heinemann, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Every form, not being the whole, must, of necessity, be imperfect; less than the whole, it cannot be identical with the whole, and being less than the whole and, therefore, imperfect by itself, it shows imperfection as evil, and only the totality of a universe can mirror the image of God.
All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
A conservative vision to tech issues assumes the imperfection of mankind and a preference for markets – not politics – to drive outcomes.
‘Solutionism’ for me is, above all, an unthinking pursuit of perfection – by means of technology – without coming to grips with the fact that imperfection is an essential feature of liberal democracy.
Therefore it does not help to sneer at the imperfection of today’s reality or to preach absolutes as a daily agenda.
If someone is too perfect they won’t look good. Imperfection is important.
The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly – indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.
That concerns me, that we’re reaching out for perfection, when country music has always been about imperfection.
I don’t want to call myself a perfectionist, because perfection is imperfection.
Being a parent is such a difficult business; you don’t always get things right. And also, you don’t want to be a perfect parent… You need people to be human, and part of it is imperfection.
The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.
We see acne and spots as an imperfection and I’ve gone to great lengths to cover it up with lots of foundation. And everyone thinks ‘Toff’s perfect’ but I mask my imperfections.
Imperfection is perfection.
As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.
I think every single imperfection adds to your beauty. I’d rather be imperfect than perfect.
It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.
It’s not about finding relevance or perfection or imperfection in objects, but it’s that you can accept yourself and then go out and accept others.
With ‘Girls’… I feel like there’s an impulse to try to make it look better or neater or more perfect, and when I watch theater, television, movies, it’s always the imperfection I’m always more attracted to.
My mother was a high-strung perfectionist. She would check my homework for the slightest imperfection and demand that it be redone if she detected any flaws, which she invariably did. My father, in contrast, was easy going and affable and delighted in helping me with any project.
You’ll remember Dr. Rice said that several times: It was not a warning about the place and the method and the time – it was a general warning. And that points out the imperfection, if you would, of our intelligence.
Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.
It is imperfection – not perfection – that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the human brain, and of the influences exerted upon us by the environment and whoever takes care of us during the long years of our physical, psychological and intellectual development.
Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end.
Catholicism actually resembles a family that survives because even as it aspires to holiness, it understands and can live with sin and imperfection.
There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.
Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature; thus they show that we are such sort of creatures as to stand in need of those helps which higher orders of creatures do not.
Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.
Public policy is a study in imperfection. It involves imperfect people, with imperfect information, facing deeply imperfect choices – so it’s not surprising that they’re getting imperfect results.
God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.
There’s beauty in imperfection.
Every form, not being the whole, must, of necessity, be imperfect; less than the whole, it cannot be identical with the whole, and being less than the whole and, therefore, imperfect by itself, it shows imperfection as evil, and only the totality of a universe can mirror the image of God.
Klutziness is endearing. I like imperfection.
Imperfection is fine.
Imperfection is the new perfection.
There is beauty and humility in imperfection.
There is no real beauty without some slight imperfection.
As we lay hold upon the truth of God, its influence must affect us. It must elevate us. It must remove from us every imperfection.
I can deal with imperfection, but I can’t deal with people who lie to themselves and lie to the world to make the world feel better.
Monsters are the patron saints of imperfection.
The flaw in, say, austerity, is that its success is predicated on the relative exactitude of math rather than the shifting, liquid imperfection of people’s lives.
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
Growing up, I was listening to a ton of Motown music, Otis Redding, Aretha, and then there was the Beatles and Led Zeppelin and Janis Joplin. These were all people that I felt as though they truly felt every single lyric they said, and they weren’t afraid of imperfection.
I find beauty in imperfection.
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
As we lay hold upon the truth of God, its influence must affect us. It must elevate us. It must remove from us every imperfection.
