I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.
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Perfection can be achieved by no one, because perfection is achieved from faults- yet faults tear away the perfection in you.
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.
quote by Matthew Arnold
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The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.
quote by George Will
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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.
quote by W. Somerset Maugham
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Strange Pursuit
Intersecting love lines
Drew us closer every day
Always kept your distance
When you felt my presence near you
Love keeps on rolling over
Fly in retreat
I would follow without shame
A stupid spud staggering to the flame
To be had and rehad
Be a victim of the pain
Now its strange, its so strange
Its a strange pursuit
Its a strange pursuit
Its a strange pursuit
I come running like a fatboy
In lead shoes
But like a fatboy
Huff puffing after you
Its hopeless to hope for
The one thing that Im wanting
cause its strange
Its so very strange
Its a strange pursuit
Darling, Im dazzled
But you know Im too frazzled
Its a strange pursuit
Makin my mind up
While it lies in little pieces
Its a strange pursuit
You know its getting tough
When youre getting real rough
Its a strange pursuit
Darling, Im dazzled
But you know Im too frazzled
Its a strange pursuit
Makin my mind up
While it lies in little pieces
It s a strange pursuit
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Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.
quote by C. Northcote Parkinson
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The chimerical pursuit of perfection is always linked to some important deficiency, frequently the inability to love.
quote by Bernard Grasset
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Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness it is generally the by-product of other activities.
quote by Aldous Huxley
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Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view.
quote by Max Planck
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The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consists in nothing more than the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives meaning to our life on this unavailing star.
quote by Logan Pearsall Smith
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Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
Aldous Huxley in Vendeta for the Western World, 1945
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The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
quote by Ralph A. Cram
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A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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A poet knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
quote by Leonardo da Vinci
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I am what you would call a stern taskmaster. I expect perfection. And then a little more perfection when perfection is offered.
quote by Estee Lauder
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You Left
India, it is u went
Friend
Three decades now
You've left
And what hav you achieved?
If not bread to live by
Tell me what have
You achieved dear friend?
.
As for me, your friehd
In Nigeria,
I have achieved nothing
Just freedom,
And life, to live by.
poem by Efe Benjamin
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A True Fight
the true fight is not to kill the enemy
at most we weaken the foes
for them to change their minds
and submit to what we think is right
and so
remaining alive we gain on our side
our friends and allies
the true fight is for the understanding
that we are one and we shall be all one on
this war against ourselves
in the pursuit of excellence
and perfection
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Perfection
Perfection is a life-time work,
We try attaining through sheer toil,
And hardly see the peak at all,
But keep sliding down, even fall!
Perfection is akin mirage,
That dupes our senses and our mind,
And drives us crazy, crestfallen,
Like horizon that stays untrue!
Perfection is subjective then,
And differs from issues, moments,
Making man give up halfway through,
And leaving him imperfect still!
Perfection is a ghost-like goal,
That hardly can be half-attained,
Despite our best perseverance,
Defeating us well in the end!
poem by John Celes
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Don’t bother about elders
.
Who mocks at your pursuit
Had himself had that pursuit
When he had passed that age.
Don’t revere much their words.
11.11.2003
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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