#perfect

Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ↗

— William Davenant

#glass #know #ourselves #perfect #see

To give a body and a perfect form to one's thought, this - and only this - is to be an artist. ↗

— Jacques-Louis David

#body #form #give #only #perfect

Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit. ↗

— Wade Davis

#brave #courageous #determined #discreet #got

I'm always trying to perfect the romantic comedy, though. ↗

— David Duchovny

#comedy #i #perfect #romantic #romantic comedy

Where utility ends and decoration begins is perfection. ↗

— Jack Gardner

#decoration #perfection #utility #art

There's never going to be a decathlon that you're going to have 10 events that your satisfied with. You're always, always going to be dissatisfied in something, and that always draws you back to try to retry that the next time you do a decathlon. It's like you go for the perfect 10. ↗

— Ashton Eaton

#back #decathlon #dissatisfied #draws #events

As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago? ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#anyone #aspirations #away #decades #denied

Probably the closest things to perfection are the huge absolutely empty holes that astronomers have recently discovered in space. If there's nothing there, how can anything go wrong? ↗

— Richard Brautigan

#anything #astronomers #closest #discovered #empty

Television is the most perfect democracy. You sit there with your remote control and vote. ↗

— Aaron Brown

#democracy #most #perfect #remote #sit

Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting. ↗

— Eustace Budgell

#either #esteem #first #friendship #imperfect