Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?
By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
It is a flaw In happiness to see beyond our bourn, - It forces us in summer skies to mourn, It spoils the singing of the nightingale.
I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate, or the irritating habit of looking for the flaw in any argument.
Flowers are almost perfect; their only flaw is that they are weak; they can't protect themselves against the evil!
You", he said, "are the single exception that rule". The oldest, deepest, most beautiful flaw in his Silence."Without you, I would be a monster.
We only see female protagonists who are likeable, with one cute flaw, such as adorable clumsiness. I'm fed up with it.
If Apple has a flaw, it's the inability of the company to crush competition using the kind of aggressive tactics that companies like Microsoft and Intel have always applied.
When another editorial pops up denouncing millennials for some perceived generational flaw, I take it with a Miley Cyrus-sized grain of salt.
You get in a smart crack, and everyone laughs and kikis because you've found a flaw and exaggerated it, then you've got a good read going.
We are not perfect. None of us is. I apologize for that flaw. I thank the governor for giving me a job with a driver.
The flaw in, say, austerity, is that its success is predicated on the relative exactitude of math rather than the shifting, liquid imperfection of people's lives.
While procrastinating is not a flaw, being a structured procrastinator is actually one way of being pretty productive.
My worst character flaw that I'm conscious of is that I tend to think my way into circles instead of resolving anything. It's paralyzing and boring for people around me.
Countless women are alive today because of ideas stimulated by a design flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
Despite my best efforts, I'm not quite perfect. Let's just say I'm like one of those Hopi blankets where they leave a tiny flaw so as to not affront the Lord.
I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.
All great heroes have a flaw. It's one of the things that makes them heroes.
People say that forgiving is my flaw, but I really believe that holding grudges and anger is a waste of energy.
Race is a universal flaw in humanity. So yes, I've been in many situations where I've felt like the outsider because of the color of my skin.
I’m not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favor of vanilla wafers. It’s a fundamental character flaw, possibly a sign of true evil.
A hard core life I toast to ex flaw, therefore I live raw and went to war wit the law.
What was venerated as style was nothing more than an imperfection or flaw that revealed the guilty hand.
While clearly an impregnable masterpiece, Don Quixote suffers from one fairly serious flaw--that of outright unreadability.
I don't listen to my songs. The only time I do it is when someone points out a flaw in the end product.
Finishing is torture... There's always some newly seen flaw. But the little glimpses of beauty between the anxiety make it worth it.
There is a fundamental flaw in interpretations of sharia that say a woman or man should be punished for sex outside of marriage.
I inherited that penchant for intellectualism, a character flaw that these days can only be thoroughly eradicated by getting Z’ed up.
The fatal flaw of gravity; when you are down, everything falls down on you.
The Duchess set about studying Annette and shortly found her adversary's tragic flaw. Chocolate.
The flaw in the statute is that in all its applications, it operates on a fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate measure of fraud.
We have to find a happy medium in our use of technology. We want things to be efficient, but we have to compartmentalise, too, so that if there is one flaw discovered, the whole thing doesn't topple.
And as this round (ring) is nowhere found to flaw, or else to sever. So let our love as endless prove and pure as gold forever.
The idea of vaudeville clowns and court jesters is always to show the flaw, to point out what's not working and why it's not coherent.
Find your major flaw. There lies your glory.
Major flaw in government arise from a fear of making radical internal changes even though a need is clearly seen.
Anyone who knows me well must understand and be sympathetic to my genuine need to be my own greatest hero. It is not a flaw of character; it is a catastrophe.
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.
The Law is the true embodiment of everything that's excellent; it has no kind of fault or flaw and I, my Lords, embody the Law.
I am quite conscious that my speculations run beyond the bounds of true science....It is a mere rag of an hypothesis with as many flaw[s] & holes as sound parts.
Call it a character flaw -- when under attack, I counter attack. Always.
Humans are suspicious and jealous creatures. When they see something perfect, they want to find a flaw.
The flaw in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent.
Don't underestimate the power of events that happened a long time ago. That is the tragic flaw of modern man.
Man has no ability to repair this damaged planet. The flaw in human nature is too great. God is our only hope!
No true Dharma Master behaves with rage, hate, ranting, self- importance. These are signs of mental instability, a character flaw. Never follow such a one as that.
That's my main flaw: I always think authority figures or my boss is going to think something I do is funny. And usually they don't.
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
I have done my best. I saw a fatal flaw in the camera industry. We did our best to address it.
The flaw in, say, austerity, is that its success is predicated on the relative exactitude of math rather than the shifting, liquid imperfection of peoples lives.
I'm not an easy customer. My attention to detail could probably drive you mad. My eye still always goes toward the single flaw.
There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
The prevailing theory of capitalism suffers from one central and disabling flaw, a profound distrust and incomprehension of capitalism.
In an era of instant communication, a flaw or non-perfect product creates immediate bad buzz.
The best and most innovative products don't always win...(it's an) aesthetic flaw in how the universe worked
Every flaw you have or lapse of concentration can cost you a goal, so you have to be on your toes every minute of the game.
Humanity can be divided into madmen and cowards. My personal tragedy is in being born into a world where sanity is held to be a character flaw.
The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of a reality which consists of eternal motion.
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