Patrick Dempsey Quotes

Life does not measure up to performing... Performing is perfect.

Everybody wants to be perfect.

There will always be voices that basically say: Unless it's the perfect solution, we want no solution. That is unrealistic.

The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.

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

The ideal man doesn't exist. A husband is easier to find.

People mistake their limitations for high standards.

You know what's the worst part about being an actress? It's the pressure to look gorgeous all the time and to behave perfectly. But I'm not perfect; nobody is.

I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really.

You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don't even come close to touching.

You can't please all the people all the time.

People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.

You can't have a perfect show every time.

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

Looking for the perfect day is not going to make us happy, because that day isn't going to come.

I do have impossibly high standards.

The insistence on a perfect cure often results in no betterment whatsoever.

My dad was very critical and had very high expectations without a lot of the details filled in. It was, 'I expect you to achieve greatness in grades, in athletics, in whatever you do.'

A lot of times you can fall into the trap of expecting too much before things actually happen.

We're in a world and a society where we're all striving for this perfection that doesn't exist.

Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.

Trying to design the perfect plan is the perfect recipe for disappointment.

I don't think there's any such thing as perfection. But I'm a perfectionist. I don't believe in the idea of perfection, but I will strive to achieve it.

The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it's unattainable, all the same.