#defect

We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities. ↗

— Jacques Maritain

#love #person #qualities #reason #sometimes

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#defect #dull #grave #perfection

Taking pre-natal vitamins can minimise birth defects and can lower the chances both of morning sickness and premature delivery. ↗

— Heidi Murkoff

#both #chances #defects #delivery #lower

Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been taken to begin that process. And there is more solidarity from nation to nation, and that is a good thing. That has been Greece's gift to Europe. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#been #begin #defect #did #euro

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#every #foe #friend #know #make

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up. ↗

— P. D. James

#dries #first #gush #human #human kindness

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#children #competitive #credit #defect #fathers

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#his #less #lovable #man #may

The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#cannot #concealed #defect #ought #overcome

These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#birth #child #defect #easier #experimental