Perfected Quotes

(on Humphrey Bogart) It took a little while to realize that he had perfected an elaborate camouflage to cover up one of the kindest and most generous of hearts. Even so, he was no soft touch and before you were allowed to peek beneath the surface and catch a glimpse of the real man, you had to prove yourself. Above all, you had to demonstrate conclusively to his satisfaction that you were no phony.

I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it.

Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice.

I didn`t know how well my first album had done; it was enough to get me to do the second album, which was a continuation of the music I`d worked on and perfected.

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.

The Duke of Edinburgh has perfected the art of saying hello and goodbye in the same handshake.

We`re hoping to (throw more). Josh has got a year under his belt now and is really comfortable. He`s really perfected his craft over the summer. Plus, he`s worked hard in the weight room and has more zip on the ball. He`s making good reads in his first week of practices.

I didn`t practice abstinence, I perfected it.

Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray; nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Man is a mixture of good and evil, and he can never be perfected in this life. The notion of his natural goodness is a delusive theory which will blow up any social order that is predicated upon it.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.