“My life is perfect even when it's not.”

“There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Can't even find the perfect brush to paint what is going through my mind.”

Drake (1986) Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor

“Even the most miserable life is better than a sheltered existence in an organized society where everything is calculated and perfected.”

Federico Fellini (1920–1993) Italian filmmaker

“My light! O my father the Devil! It hath made all things one, being perfect, even as doth the Darkness!”

Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) poet, mountaineer, occultist

“The best compliment I ever got in my life came from Chairman Mao of China. When I went there, at a time when nobody wanted to touch China with a 10-foot pole, Mao told me that I'm beautiful because I'm a natural, and he said natural is perfection. So, no character assassination can diminish me and my perfection.”

Imelda Marcos (1929) Former First Lady of the Philippines

“… this beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control, this was so beautiful it stopped my breath…”

Gary Paulsen (1939) American writer and musher

“I am reminded every day of my life, if not by events, then by my wife, that I am not a perfect man.”

Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America

“perfection. I have been waiting all my life to be with you. My heart slams against my ribs when I think of the slaughtered nights I spent all over the world waiting to feel your touch.”

Henry Rollins (1961) American singer-songwriter

“Nobody has a perfect life and it's entirely possible that if you want someone else's life they are busy wanting someone else's too–maybe even yours.”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker