Kenneth L. Pike Quotes

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.

There can be an extremist idea of purity. It's so easy to fall afoul of the ridiculously high standard set there.

I always say, 'Perfection is the flaw. It doesn't exist.' I saw something somewhere about 'porcelain pores' - you're not even allowed to have pores anymore!

Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.

Faultless to a fault.

We seem to live a culture that doesn't want blemishes. The vision of most beautiful models... airbrushed in order to be seen as perfect, infects our notion of how literature should be written.

I wish somebody would have told me, 'Don't try too hard,' because when I was younger I wanted to try really hard. I wanted to please everybody and be this perfect, polite little girl.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me.

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

You know one of the causes of modern despair is the fact that we have had proposed to us, from various quarters, an impossible perfection.

It's hard to be in the shadow of a Beyonce.

I shall continue to be an impossible person so long as those who are now possible remain possible.

I felt like I had to be, you know, perfect, which is ridiculous. Nobody's perfect.

I do feel like, especially nowadays, we are inundated with the message that, 'Oh my God, you aren't making your own clothes? You didn't make your own bread? And you also don't have a career, and you don't look unbelievable, and you have 5 pounds on your frame? Where is your book that you haven't published yet?'

It is a burden that people have expectations about me.

You don't get to be in the squad unless you're six feet tall, a supermodel, perfect, famous, and hot. That's like hand selecting perfection, putting it into a group of girls, and saying, 'Look how amazing we are.'

When people insist on perfection or nothing, they get nothing.

The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.

Perfectionism doesn't make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate.

I'm probably never going to be satisfied with anything we do. I think there's always the possibility of doing better. And I'd say we're doing better than we were a year ago, in terms of delivery and quality of service, but nowhere near what we should be doing .