A Quote by Susan Fletcher

Perfection is a moving target — © Susan Fletcher
Perfection is a moving target

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When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target.
David Bowie's music is a moving target. Just when you think you got the bullseye, it shifts. And to his credit, on to death, it's still shifting. David Bowie is a moving target, even after he's gone.
It should be borne in mind that the target is always trying to shift responsibility to get out of being the target. There is a constant squirming and moving and strategy . . . on the part of the designated target. The forces for change must keep this in mind and pin that target down securely. If an organization permits responsibility to be diffused and distributed in a number of areas, attack becomes impossible.
keep moving. It's hard for old age to hit a moving target.
I walk fast. Keep moving. Always be a moving target. Marilyn Monroe taught me that.
I don't think perfection is possible. I think you can attempt to reach perfection, but I don't think it's a possible thing. I think perfection is a moving point, and we spend our artistic lives chasing it.
Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.
Happiness is a moving target.
The past is an unsolved mystery and the truth a moving target.
The world has a way of undermining complex plans. This is particularly true in fast moving environments. A fast moving environment can evolve more quickly than a complex plan can be adapted to it. By the time you have adapted, the target has changed.
A creative project is a moving target. You never end up where you start.
It's funny, but... you're sort of a moving target for fortune, and you never know when it will befall you.
British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.
Our state's strategy on methamphetamine, and any other issue, is going to be a moving target.
If you look at say, England and Germany a century ago, which had the most advanced navies then, they were dealing with extremely tricky technological problems. Putting a huge gun on a moving platform and ensuring that it could hit another moving target was one of the hardest technical problems of the early twentieth century.
Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.
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