Movies were invented for Jimmy Cagney, and he was invented for the movies. A perfect match.
That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.
Remember, it is not about voting for the perfect candidate - there is no such thing. Presidents are human.
All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.
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.
For every criminal case, the judge must construct a perfect syllogism: the major premise must be the general law; the minor premise, whether or not the action in question is in compliance with the law; and the conclusion, acquittal or punishment.
Someone once told me that being in the closet is like living in a vertical casket. Perfect description.
The cat is such a perfect symbol of beauty and superiority that it seems scarcely possible for any true aesthete and civilised cynic to do other than worship it.
Many of their lodges remained as perfect as when occupied. They were made of poles two or three inches in diameter, set up in circular form, and covered with cedar bark.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
I think my wife would take objection to any characterization of me as perfect.
I wrote 'And Two Boys Booed' several years ago, but we really chased around looking for the perfect illustrator, so it took a while.
I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest and totally likeable, because he doesn't care! He knows what a politician is, and he's a perfect embodiment of one.
What would Chaucer have written about if men were perfect?
Time's Up is finally, it would seem, activism with some teeth. It isn't perfect, however. One of the first acts of protest - urging celebrities to wear black to awards shows - reveals a worrisome willingness to keep lunging toward those lazy, meaningless and empty gestures that cheapen the seriousness of an issue.
Taleggio is the perfect cheese to melt over a warm dish.
The best times to visit the Gobi and Three Camel Lodge are June, and September through October. By the beginning of November, it is ferociously cold, while October can swing surreally between warm days and clear, chilly nights and frosty mornings dusted with snow - perfect.
'Plutocracy.' It has a perfect nuance: chilly, inaccessible, icy-rich.
I don't believe that if you are going to build a long-term, sustainable brand that you can chop up every component part and expect everyone to have a perfect P&L.
