“They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.”
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Wilt Chamberlain 25
basketball player 1936–1999Related quotes
“Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?”
When the Leaves Blow Away (2006), I Still Have a Pony (2007)
“Practice makes perfect' is bullshit. Only perfect practice makes perfect.”
The Coach, P. 23. (1977)
interview with Joan Simon, 1995 in Perfection is in the Mind, p. 86; as quoted in A House Divided: American Art Since 1955, Anne M. G. Wagner, Univ. of California Press, 2012, p. 263
1980 - 2000
“In school they told me "Practice makes perfect."”
And then they told me "Nobody's perfect," so then I stopped practicing.
When the Leaves Blow Away (2006), I Still Have a Pony (2007)
“I am Nobody, nobody is perfect, therefore I am perfect.”
Source: Love Rules
Choruses from The Rock (1934)
Context: The lot of man is ceaseless labor,
Or ceaseless idleness, which is still harder,
Or irregular labour, which is not pleasant.
I have trodden the winepress alone, and I know
That it is hard to be really useful, resigning
The things that men count for happiness, seeking
The good deeds that lead to obscurity, accepting
With equal face those that bring ignominy,
The applause of all or the love of none.
All men are ready to invest their money
But most expect dividends.
I say to you: Make perfect your will.
I say: take no thought of the harvest,
But only of proper sowing.
