Famous Quotes & Sayings

Beatrix Potter

So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.

Baroness Orczy

I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society." "Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I'faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one.

Charles Darwin

As natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress toward perfection.

Chris Evert

Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose.

Jane Austen

It would be difficult to say which had seen highest perfection in the other, or which had been the happiest: she, in receiving his declarations and proposals, or he in having them accepted.

Jascha Heifetz

There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it.

Bertrand Russell

An extra-terrestrial philosopher, who had watched a single youth up to the age of twenty-one and had never come across any other human being, might conclude that it is the nature of human beings to grow continually taller and wiser in an indefinite progress towards perfection; and this generalization would be just as well founded as the generalization which evolutionists base upon the previous history of this planet.

Ben Fountain

There was no such thing as perfection in this world, only moments of such extreme transparency that you forgot yourself, a holy mercy if there ever was one.

C. S. Lewis

We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less than perfection.

David Ricardo

The demand for money is regulated entirely by its value, and its value by its quantity.

David Ricardo

But it is clear that the price of labour has no necessary connection with the price of food, since it depends entirely on the supply of labourers compared with the demand.

Al Gore

When energy prices go up, the difficulty of projecting demand also goes up - uncertainty goes up.

Blaise Pascal

Our notion of symmetry is derived form the human face. Hence, we demand symmetry horizontally and in breadth only, not vertically nor in depth.

Bill Hybels

Leadership requires a non-stop demand of fortitude from Day 1 to the end.

Marilynne Robinson

When I lecture, under almost all circumstances, I write a new lecture for the occasion. It helps me think. It helps me make demands of myself that I would not otherwise make.

Dave Messing

Mainly, we have to look at the demand in the marketplace and have the right number of seats to meet that.

David Brainerd

Madison Marquette is expanding Festival at Waldorf to meet the community's increasing demand for high quality retail destinations.

Dag Hammarskjold

Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.

Orson Swindle

Legislation could have a dampening effect on the growth and expansion and the vitality of e-commerce, ... Our society functions on the free flow of information. If we have to have everybody's approval on everything, things would come to a grinding halt.

Rob Schneider

Legislation before the house proposes much tougher restrictions on new drugs and drugs with outstanding post-market approval studies that have not yet been completed,

Charles M. Schwab

My own experience is that there is no real effort in life that is not done better under encouragement and approval of our fellow men.

Steve Cole

We did get that approval, and we filed for dismissal.

Pat O'Neill

We have a really good location that doesn't need a lot of work. We just need the society's approval and we can get this project going.

David Hale

My guess is that we'll hear by November who it is, given the need to have time for Congressional approval to occur, but I think the selection is wide open,

Jonathan Burns

She did not get an approval but scheduled surgery.

Kevin O'Donnell

Since it was done on an open market basis, they typically gave it their stamp of approval and moved on. Now it will be a little bit different.

Carlos Sanchez

Many investors stayed out of the market because of the long weekend, but prices rose due to the approval of the Enabling Law.