#defect

The reality is that zero defects in products plus zero pollution plus zero risk on the job is equivalent to maximum growth of government plus zero economic growth plus runaway inflation. ↗

— Dixie Lee Ray

#economic #economic growth #equivalent #government #growth

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#love #persons #qualities #reason #sometimes

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up. ↗

— P. D. James

#dries #first #gush #human #human kindness

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#children #competitive #credit #defect #fathers

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#his #less #lovable #man #may

What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate? ↗

— Morley Safer

#caring #compassionate #considered #defective #does

I see only defects because I'm not following the scene as it were. I'm not following the other person. It's like the best thing to clarify this is the theater. ↗

— Omar Sharif

#best #clarify #defects #following #i

The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome. ↗

— Lillian Smith

#cannot #concealed #defect #lack #ought

I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality. ↗

— Mark Strand

#best #defects #exploits #i #i think

The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#cannot #concealed #defect #ought #overcome