Perfectible Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice. — Saadi

America shudders at anything alien, and when it wants to shut its mind against any man's ideas it calls him a foreigner. — Max Lerner

We are in a restaurant, smilling, leaning in over a half-eaten meal, our faces flushed with love and thr bite of the sun. — S.J. Watson

When, in the autumn of 1947, I was fired from the first and only job I have ever held, I wanted one thing out of life: to become a writer. — William Styron

My father felt it was his duty to continue to treat animals long after he stopped getting paid. He couldn't stand by and watch a horse colic or a cow labor with a breech calf even though it meant personal ruin. The parallel is undeniable. There is no question I am the only thing standing between these animals and the business practices of August and Uncle Al, and what my father would do - what my father would want me to do - is look after them, and I am filled with that absolute and unwavering conviction. No matter what I did last night, I cannot leave these animals. I am their shepherd, their protector. And it's more than a duty. It's a covenant with my father. — Sara Gruen

Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they don't apply to you. — Dick Francis

If you're gonna wait for the universe to start making sense, you have a long wait ahead of you. — John Sheridan

A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many. — Marilyn Monroe

I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them. — Nancy Pelosi

You saw how he put his paws over my face so I couldn't breathe?" she said. "God made him to be a butcher. Why did he become a dentist? His hands are too heavy. The touch is everything to a dentist. If his hands aren't right he shouldn't be let practice. But his wife worked hard to send him through school and make a dentist of him. And I must go to him and be burned because of it. — Saul Bellow