Imperfection Quotes - Page 20

• Imperfection is inherited, therefore we all sin, but fighting the war of sin is the greatest war of all because we all die in the end no matter how hard we fight.

  Tupac Shakur

  War, Fighting, Rapper

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• Evolutionary plasticity can be purchased only at the ruthlessly dear price of continuously sacrificing some individuals to death from unfavourable mutations. Bemoaning this imperfection of nature has, however, no place in a scientific treatment of this subject.

  Theodosius Dobzhansky

  Sacrifice, Science, Mutation

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• Compassion isn't some kind of self-improvement project or ideal that we're trying to live up to. Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves, all those imperfections that we don't even want to look at.

  Pema Chodron

  Compassion, Self, Trying

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.104, Shambhala Publications

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• I can't tell you how many doctors try to sell me a facelift. I've even gone as far as having someone talk me into it, but when I went over and looked at pictures of myself, I thought 'What are they going to lift?' . . Frankly, I think that in the art of aging well there's this sexuality to having those imperfections. It's sensual.

  Sharon Stone

  Art, Thinking, Doctors

  "Romancing with Stone". Interview by Ruchel Louis Coetzee, www.newyou.com. April 15, 2016.

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• No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in its symmetry. All admit irregularity as they imply change; and to banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality. All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may be Effort, and the law of human judgment, Mercy.

  John Ruskin

  Happiness, Expression, Law

  John Ruskin (1900). “The Stones of Venice (Complete)”, p.763, Library of Alexandria

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• He supposed he knew, rationally, that she wasn't the prettiest woman in the world, but if his eyes saw any imperfections, his heart didn't care.

  Linda Howard

  Heart, Eye, World

  Linda Howard (2012). “Kill And Tell”, p.156, Simon and Schuster

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• All beauty must have its imperfections, all happiness its share of sorrow.

  Susan Kay

  Sorrow, Share

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• I'm pretty comfortable with my body. I'm imperfect. The imperfections are there. People are going to see them, but I take the view you only live once.

  Kate Hudson

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

  Interview With Nigel Farndale, www.telegraph.co.uk. May 17, 2010.

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• Imperfection is underrated. Perfection is overrated.

  Helena Bonham Carter

  Perfection, Overrated, Underrated

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• It seems that nature, which has so wisely disposed our bodily organs with a view to our happiness, has also bestowed on us pride, to spare us the pain of being aware of our imperfections.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Pain, Pride, Views

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• Every discovery opens a new field for investigation of facts, shows us the imperfection of our theories. It has justly been said, that the greater the circle of light, the greater the boundary of darkness by which it is surrounded.

  Humphry Davy

  Science, Light, Discovery

  Sir Humphry Davy (1840). “The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Salmonia, or Days of fly-fishing. Consolation in travel, or The last days of a philosopher”, p.362

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• There is a reward structure in science that is very interesting: Our highest honors go to those who disprove the findings of the most revered among us. So Einstein is revered not just because he made so many fundamental contributions to science, but because he found an imperfection in the fundamental contribution of Isaac Newton.

  Carl Sagan

  Science, Interesting, Honor

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• In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others.

  Joseph Priestley

  Knowledge, Science, Discovery

  Joseph Priestley (1780). “The theological and miscellaneous works of Joseph Priestley”, p.372

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• The noble science of Geology loses glory from the extreme imperfection of the record. The crust of the earth with its embedded remains must not be looked at as a well-filled museum, but as a poor collection made at hazard and at rare intervals.

  Charles Darwin

  Science, Museums, Hazards

  Charles Darwin (2003). “On the Origin of Species”, p.396, Broadview Press

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• According to their [Newton and his followers] doctrine, God Almighty wants to wind up his watch from time to time: otherwise it would cease to move. He had not, it seems, sufficient foresight to make it a perpetual motion. Nay, the machine of God's making, so imperfect, according to these gentlemen; that he is obliged to clean it now and then by an extraordinary concourse, and even to mend it, as clockmaker mends his work.

  Gottfried Leibniz

  God, Moving, Wind

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• Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power. We must snatch the present moment, and employ it well, without too much solicitude for the future, and content ourselves with reflecting that our part is performed. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once, may breathe out his life in idle wishes, and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions and barren zeal.

  Samuel Johnson

  Regret, Opportunity, Men

  Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”

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• Men do not like to admit to even momentary imperfection. My husband forgot the code to turn off the alarm. When the police came, he wouldn't admit he'd forgotten the code... he turned himself in.

  Rita Rudner

  Funny, Husband, Humor

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• It is very easy to accuse a government of imperfection, for all mortal things are full of it.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Government, Easy, Mortals

  Michel de Montaigne (1853). “The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy. With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices &c., &c”, p.306

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• Don't you know your imperfections is a wonderful blessing, from heaven is where you got it from

  Kendrick Lamar

  Rap, Blessing, Heaven

  Song: No Make-Up, Album: Section 80, 2011

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• Imperfection is an end. Perfection is only an aim.

  Ivor Cutler

  Acceptance, Perfection, Ends

  "Ivor Cutler" by Mark Espiner, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2006.

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• The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.

  Doug Larson

  Nice, Perfection, Joy

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• The world is evolving from imperfection to perfection. It needs all love and sympathy; great tenderness and watchfulness are required from each one of us.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Love, Marriage, Compassion

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• It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others

  Francois Fenelon

  Inspiration, Self, Self Love

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• He was Will, in all his perfect imperfection; Will, whose heart was as easy to break as it was carefully guarded; Will, who loved not wisely but entirely and with everything he had.

  Cassandra Clare

  Heart, Perfect, Easy

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.509, Simon and Schuster

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• Not everyone sees you the way you do. Sometimes our imperfections are what makes us special. - Tripp

  Abbi Glines

  Special, Way, Sometimes

  Abbi Glines, Colleen Hoover, Jamie McGuire (2013). “The Atria Indie Lovers Collection: Twisted Perfection, Losing Hope, and Red Hill”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

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