Quotes by Perfection When something has been perfect, there is a tendency to try hard to repeat it. Edna O'Brien tendenciesperfectiontrying APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. Edsger Dijkstra languageperfectionmistake In our western civilization we have the glorious example, the great standard of perfection and the teachings of the Christ to guide us. He acts for us as Mediator between our personality and our Soul. Edward Bach teachingperfectioncivilization I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection. Edsger Dijkstra excellencespiritperfection APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums. Edsger Dijkstra perfectionmistakepast Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of reason. Edward Coke perfectionlawcommon The Law ... is perfection of reason. Edward Coke perfectionlawreason And the law, that is the perfection of reason, cannot suffer anything that is inconvenient. Edward Coke sufferingperfectionlaw The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His declarations, and in imitation of His perfections. Edmund Burke perfectionworldreligion Society is indeed a contract. ... It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. Edmund Burke societyperfectionart Not in the knowledge of things without, but in the perfection of the soul within, lies the empire of man aspiring to be more than man. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton perfectionmenlying "Sinner" is a present-tense description of everyone, including those who have put their faith in Christ. Of course, those who have called Jesus "Lord" are justified, meaning that they are no longer guilty. Also, they have been given the Spirit, which makes them slaves to Christ rather than to sin. But we all are sinners. Perfection awaits eternity. Edward T Welch spiritperfectionjesus Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. Edmund Burke societyperfectionart Never get a reputation for a small perfection if you are trying for fame in a loftier area. The world can only judge by generals, and it sees that those who pay considerable attention to minutiae seldom have their minds occupied with great things. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton judgingperfectioncharacter For photography is a way to capture the moment - not just any moment, but the important one, this one moment out of all time when your subject is revealed to the fullest - that moment of perfection which comes once and is not repeated. Edward Weston importantphotographyperfection A large portion of human beings live not so much in themselves as in what they desire to be. They create what is called an ideal character, in an ideal form, whose perfections compensate in some degree for the imperfections of their own. Edwin Percy Whipple perfectiondesirecharacter Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better. Edwin Louis Cole excellenceperfectionmen Don’t aim for perfection, aim for success. Eike Batista billionaireaimperfection Yet the experience of four thousand years should enlarge our hopes, and diminish our apprehensions: we cannot determine to what height the human species may aspire in their advances towards perfection; but it may safely be presumed, that no people, unless the face of nature is changed, will relapse into their original barbarism. Edward Gibbon perfectionpeopleyears Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it. Eleanor Bron differencesperfectionmen«1112131415161718192021»
