Marjorie Celona famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • I love the voice - it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.

  • How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong way to be. And what type of perfection is the best type? Moral perfection? Aesthetic? Physiological? Mental?

  • You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections, and wonderfully made.

  • Islam is perfect, there is nothing to be added or changed.

  • When I kicked in the first TV – a nineteen-inch Magnavox with wicker speaker panels – it felt like the most perfect thing I had done in a long time. And there's nothing like the feeling of perfection that will inspire repeated behavior.

  • The calligraphic letter is not entirely a letter, but something that sits between writing and music

  • I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the “slow one” in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day.

  • Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid.

  • Every time you empty your vessel of that energy, fresh new energy comes flooding in.

  • Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat.