#flaws

Certainly paradise, whatever, wherever it be, contains flaws. (Paradisical flaws, if you like.) If it did not, it would be incapable of drawing the hearts of men or angels. ↗

— Henry Miller

#life #paradise #spain #life

No weakness of the human mind has more frequently incurred animadversion, than the negligence with which men overlook their own faults, however flagrant, and the easiness with which they pardon them, however frequently repeated. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#character-flaws #criticism #double-standards #faults #men

When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure. ↗

— Aaron McGruder

#feely #flaws #i-ll #injure #learn

To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#flaws #interesting #main #me #never

Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws. ↗

— Karen Allen

#eventually #flaws #friends #love #lovers

I have a critical nature, in the sense that when I look at something I often look for the flaws. ↗

— Donald Fagen

#flaws #i #look #nature #often

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws. ↗

— Jerry Falwell

#believe #blame #character #dishonesty #flaws

Immigration is a volatile issue, but we're in the middle of it now, and probably the worst thing to do is to not do anything. Everybody recognizes the current system is not working the way we want it to work. It has huge flaws to it; need to do something. ↗

— Sam Brownback

#current #everybody #flaws #huge #immigration

This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody's been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq. ↗

— Bob Graham

#after #anybody #been #clear #flaws

We're in a situation where the solutions that we have are not good enough. The way to improve anything is to have a discussion about its flaws. To understand what the one or two or three things are about it that would help fix it. The DMCA makes it dangerous to have that conversation. ↗

— Edward Felten

#anything #conversation #dangerous #discussion #enough