Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger and a mental willingness to endure it.

They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street they'd say 'I wish my Mom were like you.'

I love 'Goodfellas' because it's a great movie - it's funny and there is action at perfect points. I just think Martin Scorsese makes everyone look really cool.

When you think back to your first kiss your hair is perfect and she was wearing a cool outfit. We remember it with restraint and we remember it with style. We remember it as idealistically as you can think.

I try to be the best husband I can be and if people respect that that's cool. But there's no 'perfect husband.' We just all try to do the best we can you know what I mean?

I read the script for Wonder Boys and I said that was almost perfect it was so classy cool and funny. It's a really specific thing. We stuck to it it turned out good and a lot of people liked it.

My perfect guy wears converse is totally laid back and doesn't worry about being cool.

I don't have perfect teeth I'm not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn't want to change anything.

Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.

To live is to change and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect change is the way to perfect them.

Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately although it is true it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience we suffer.

To improve is to change to be perfect is to change often.

I have been in Formula One for 12 years and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

In sport there is never any moment that is the same as the other. I have been in Formula One for 12 years and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

We have an uncanny ability to make birds do what we want them to do. In Blood Simple there's a shot from the bumper of a car and it's going up this road and a huge flock of birds takes off at the perfect moment.

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment you perform better when your thoughts feelings emotions goals and values are in balance.

People are always saying that Hollywood messes up kids. I'm like 'No families mess up kids!' I grew up in Hollywood and I'm perfectly fine. If my children want to go into the entertainment business I won't stop them as long as they're passionate about it.

I couldn't be an ingenue today because the business has changed. I remember when you could dress for a premiere just by putting on a cute top. Now you have to be perfect and fabulous in every way or you're ridiculed.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for perfection is God's business.

A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent interpersonal relationships.

The Queen of Crafts herself Martha Stewart and I have the same birthday. I prefer to think it's the glue-gun wielding perfect-tart-producing Martha and not the copper pan-throwing jail-going Martha. But I suppose if I am going to share a calendar square with some of Martha I have to share it with all of Martha.