#perfectionism

Years later, on a Steve Jobs discussion board on the website Gawker, the following tale appeared from someone who had worked at the Whole Foods store in Palo Alto a few blocks from Jobs' home: 'I was shagging carts one afternoon when I saw this silver Mercedes parked in a handicapped spot. Steve Jobs was inside screaming at his car phone. This was right before the first iMac was unveiled and I'm pretty sure I could make out, 'Not. Fucking. Blue. Enough!!! ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#color #imac #perfectionism #personality #quirks

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero. ↗

— David D. Burns

#becomes #hero #honor #part #perfectionism

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. ↗

— William Faulkner

#perfectionism #personality #potential #self-improvement #dreams

90 percent perfect and shared with the world always changes more lives than 100 percent perfect and stuck in your head. ↗

— Jon Acuff

#change

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#perfectionism #voice

Europe seems a little softer, but in America it's harsh. In L.A., where I live, it's all about perfectionism. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#america #europe #harsh #i #little

In LA, where I live, it's all about perfectionism. Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#beauty #bones #defined #i #la