Perfect Quotes

A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less.

Pir Vilayat Khan
- Perfect
- Search
I get very tired of books that feel emotionally empty. I would much rather have writers err on the side of being overly sentimental than not. I think that the perfect balance is a story that moves you without being maudlin, but I don't enjoy books that are empty of emotion and there's no connection to the characters.

Alexi Zentner
- Balance
- Tired
- Connection

A lot of people want to see this idealized version of heroism, all pretty and perfect, and I'm not interested in playing the goody-goody hero at all.

Matthew Fox
- People
- Pretty
- Hero
When the mayor of Sao Paulo wanted to increase bus fare by 21 centavos in 2013, the country erupted in the largest mass protests in its history. It wasn't a dramatic hike - just nine cents - but a perfect symbol of the increasing burdens on the working poor, forced to fend with an inadequate system, insensitive to their plight.

Franklin Foer
- Country
- History
- Perfect
I think I realized very early on that you can spend a lot of time constructing a really perfect scene in final draft and just end up throwing it away because you didn't figure out that mathematics of the story first.

Brit Marling
- Up
- Time
- Perfect
I am unique, a sheep, intimidating, scared, powerful, beautiful, flawed, and perfect in the same moment.

Kristin Cast
I went to see 'Shine a Light,' and it was the most perfect thing I could have done to watch that man do what he does in front of an audience. It's primarily Mick Jagger, but they're all so confident and relaxed and in love with what they do, and aware of the power of what they do. It's just deeply, deeply attractive.

Ben Daniels
- Done
- Power
- Light
The idea of letting a recording be a moment in time appealed to me. With digital recording, it's easy to create a perfect text of whatever song you have.

David Longstreth
- Song
- Moments
- Digital