Perfectionist Quotes

Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be.

I'm somewhat of a perfectionist.

I used to focus so much on winning. I used to be such a perfectionist.

I'm an all-or-nothing guy. When I'm working, I work, work, work, work, work, and when I'm not, I'm the laziest sloth this planet has ever provided us.

I'm a big perfectionist! I'm trying to channel super-confident women like Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey and Beyonce, because I realized that if you want something, you really have to go for it, just like they do.

I don't think I've reached perfection by any stretch of the imagination, but maybe someday I'll become a perfectionist.

The more you know about something, the harder it becomes. You become more and more of a perfectionist. I think it's a curse... It's a form of illness!

A perfectionist has to take his time.

When I work, I work. I don't think about anything else. I just wanna get the work done. And I'm a perfectionist.

I'm prickly. I fuss over every single detail.

Everything I do, I want it to be perfect. I know it can't be like that every time - but that is my aim.

I was always an overachiever.

I was a real overachiever.

Gene Kelly was one of the greatest dancers of all time and a taskmaster. He sought from you the absolute best - and he got it.

I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.

I'm not the perfectionist anymore. It's my staff. They're the ones always insisting on doing something better and better.

I'm a perfectionist - I could rewrite forever.

Jim Cameron is a feisty man and a perfectionist, but also absolutely brilliant.

I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong

I'm a control freak. I'm defensive. And I'm an egomaniac. That's true about me.

I'm kind of this control freak that likes to create his own hells before the real one can get to him

Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.

I'm a perfectionist, and I'm not going to let the world hear a record until it's ready.

Everyone knows Aamir to be a perfectionist. But only those who have worked with him can vouch for his integrity. I had the privilege of doing one of my most important films, 'Mangal Pandey: The Rising' with Aamir.