Michael Dyson Quotes

People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses.

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

We're all flawed people at the end of the day; I don't know any perfect people.

I'm a human. Every human is flawed. I might be flawed in different ways than some people, or worse ways than some people, or better ways than some people.

Nothing is critic-proof.

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone, without exception, has weaknesses.

Because we're human beings, we're not always going to be perfect.

I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.

Losers are more like the rest of us. They make mistakes they can't take back.

I have a whole phone book of fallibility about myself.

We're all flawed, and no one is perfect.

I've made mistakes, usually when I felt backed against a wall or faced enormous pressure. I'm human and flawed.

There is always someone who is going to look for the cracks.

For better or worse, I am as fascinated with human flaws as anything.

I've always been interested in our flaws as human beings, just as much as the virtues.

It is unavoidable that if we learn more about a great man's life, we shall also hear of occasions on which he has done no better than we, and has in fact come nearer to us as a human being.

If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people.

Everybody has their weaknesses.

What a sad thing men are. Can’t do nothing good without being so weak we have to mess it up. Can’t build something up without tearing it down.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

We don't think of our flaws as the glue that binds us to the people we love, but they are. Grace only sticks to your imperfections.

That was one of the things that worried me – to be raised to the position of a semi-god – because then you are no longer a human being. I wanted to be known as Mandela, a man with weaknesses, some of which are fundamental, and a man who is committed, but never the less, sometimes he fails to live up to expectations.

A man's foibles are what makes him lovable.

Our foibles are really what make us lovable.

Nobody is solid and perfect all of the time.