#perfect

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#faults #first #may #motor #motor car

No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful. ↗

— George Boole

#also #appear #beautiful #being #being beautiful

Unfortunately this earth is not a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh. ↗

— Martin Bormann

#extremely #harsh #life #natural #perfectly

I'm chasing perfection. ↗

— Kobe Bryant

#i #perfection

The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it. ↗

— Lance Burton

#been #beginning #dove #doves #first

Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect. ↗

— Periander

#makes #misquoted #often #perfect #practice

The thing that I like about the way characters are written on the show these days is that nobody's perfect. Everyone has made a lot of mistakes and bad choices. ↗

— Crystal Chappell

#bad #bad choices #characters #choices #days

I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it. ↗

— Johnny Weissmuller

#few #i #learned #me #months

Speculation is perfectly all right, but if you stay there you've only founded a superstition. If you test it, you've started a science. ↗

— Hal Clement

#only #perfectly #right #science #speculation

Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection. ↗

— Kim Collins

#improvement #instead #perfection #strive