Famous quotes containing the word perfectly:
“You should not say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you’re perfectly safe.”
—James Mcneill Whistler (1834–1903)
“[Convey to your child] that you understand how hard it can be to lose a friend, that under the circumstances feeling sad, angry, hurt or rejected is perfectly normal, that the friendship had some good things and some bad things to it and that neither aspect should be overlooked. . . . Children should be helped to realize that in time they’ll find other friends—but they mustn’t expect a new friend to “replace” a former one.”
—Myron Brenton (20th century)
“Musical people are so absurdly unreasonable. They always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be absolutely deaf.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)