Practice Makes Perfect Quotes

“I've been in love with you since the very beginning. You asked why there isn't anyone else in my life, and the reason... is you.”
― Julie James, Practice Makes Perfect

“We're out of time, Payton. You said it yourself: the only way we'll make it is for us to go into this together. I know we can do this. But I need you to believe it. You need to believe... in us."

Peyton didn't say anything for a long moment, and J.D. could literally hear his heart beating. Then she finally answered.

"It would have to be called Kendall and Jameson."

It took J.D a moment to catch on. Then he grinned. "No way. Jameson and Kendall. It's alphabetical."

"You told our boss that you banged me on top of your desk."

"Kendall and Jameson sounds great”
― Julie James, Practice Makes Perfect

“I think that you are an uptight, pony-owning, trickle-down-economics-loving, Scotch-on-the-rocks-drinking, my-wife-better-take-my-last-name sexist jerk!”
― Julie James, Practice Makes Perfect

“Well, at least I’m not a stubborn, button-pushing, Prius-driving, chip-on-your-shoulder-holding, ‘stay-at-home-mom’-is-the-eighth-dirty-word-thinking feminazi!”
― Julie James, Practice Makes Perfect

“J.D. scoffed at this. “Please—as if I’m worried about anything Payton has to say. What’s she going to do, give me another one of her little pissed-off hair flips?” He flung imaginary long hair off his shoulders, exaggerating. “I’ll tell you, one of these days I’m going to grab her by that hair and . . .” He gestured as if throttling someone.
Without breaking stride, he returned Tyler’s serve. The two smashed a few back and forth, concentrating on the game when—
Is violence always part of your sexual fantasies?” Tyler interjected.
J.D. whipped around—
Sexual—?”
—and got hit smack in the face with the squash ball. He toppled back and sprawled ungracefully across the court.
Tyler stepped over and twirled his racquet. “This is nice. We should talk like this more often.”
― Julie James, Practice Makes Perfect

“Keep practicing," he told her.
"Until I get it right?" she said. But he corrected her.

"No. Until you don't get it wrong.”
― John Flanagan, The Royal Ranger

“Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillfull, swift, and steady.”
― Bruce Lee

“Now anyone who has ever been on a blind date is well familiar with “The Moment”—that moment where you first walk into the bar or restaurant or coffee shop and scan the crowd and suddenly your heart stops and you say to yourself: oh, please—let it be him.”
― Julie James, Practice Makes Perfect

“Then I should be able to say anything I want, right? Even the word ‘penis’?”
Laney sighed. “Do we have to do this right now?”
You should try saying the word sometime.”
I’ll pass, thank you.”
Payton shrugged. “Your choice, but I think you’d find it liberating. Everybody could use a good ‘penis’ now and then.”
Laney glanced nervously around the coffee shop. “People are listening.”
Sorry—you’re right. Good rule of thumb: if you’re gonna throw out a ‘penis’ in a public place, it should be soft. Otherwise it attracts too much attention.”
The woman at the next table gaped at them.”
― Julie James, Practice Makes Perfect

“I’m a bit of a novice myself.” She smiled. Then she turned back to Jasper. “And please, call me Payton.”
Like one of my favorite quarterbacks,” Jasper grinned.
Only with an a instead of an e. And slightly fewer yards in passing,” Payton said. Damn—now she’d already blown one of the three measly sports references she knew in the first two minutes.
Jasper laughed. “Slightly fewer yards in passing—I like that.” He turned to J.D., gesturing to Payton. “Where have you been hidin’ this girl, J.D.?”
― Julie James, Practice Makes Perfect

“Score one for Team Kendall, Payton thought.
Not that it was a competition between them.
Not at all.”
― Julie James, Practice Makes Perfect

“TEMPORARY INSANITY.”
― Julie James, Practice Makes Perfect

“Lesbian?”
Payton turned around and saw J.D. standing there.
Maybe it was the wine. Maybe she was basking in the glow of their successful pitch to Gibson’s. Maybe it was her promise to Laney to be the “New Payton,” or maybe it was a combination of all those things. But Payton actually found herself smiling at J.D.
It’s just an excuse, the lesbian thing,” she said.”
― Julie James, Practice Makes Perfect

“You can buy an expensive violin, but you can’t buy 10 years of practice.”
― Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

“Oh right,P and P ,” J.D. said. “You know, Tyler, you might want to pick up your balls—I think they just fell right off when you said that.”
― Julie James, Practice Makes Perfect

“Practice doesn’t make perfect if you’re doing it wrong.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

“Any neural pathway is built and strengthened through repetitions. This is why practice is so vital.”
― Britt Andreatta, Wired to Resist: The Brain Science of Why Change Fails and a New Model for Driving Success

“Practice exaggerates talent.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“One cannot improve any skill without regular practice.”
― Adriana Vandelinde

“To become a better 'player' of the game, it is very important to keep practicing and have self-control.”
― Bhawna Dehariya

“I don’t want to see any part of Annie change. Not a single thing. I’ve never met anyone like her before—and it would be a damn shame for her to morph into some popular social construct of what a woman should be like on dates. I hate it. If some jackass doesn’t take the time to peel back her layers of nervousness to find out who she really is, he doesn’t deserve to have her when she’s at her most comfortable.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“The Beautiful Thing About Discipline... It Can Work Wonders.”
― Wesam Fawzi

“Practice leads to perfection and perfection leads to succession.”
― iamjensen

“Keep practicing, keep winning!
^”
― DON SANTO

“Living life is a daily practice
the more I focus and practice
the better my life becomes

from Daily Life Adjustments”
― Allan Rufus - Daily Life Adjustments

“Perfection is not a static destination but a dynamic process of growth.”
― Shabira Banu Hussain Sumbhaniya

“And he's just plain wrong. First, he was wrong about you being boring. You don't even need dating lessons, Annie, you were so perfect on our date. Even when you think you're doing something wrong, you're so damn adorable I wanted to pull you into my lap and do things with you in the middle of that diner that would have put me in jail for public indecency. Second, he was so wrong about you being only prettyish. God, Annie, you're drop-dead gorgeous. So beautiful it's hard to look at you and continue persuading myself that kissing you would be a mistake because of our agreement. And third, your ass.'
She gasps. 'What about it?'
'Your ass is a work of art. Two absolutely perfect slopes of soft curvy sensuality that absolutely kill me, Annie. Your ass kills me. And I need you to know that if we weren't doing this just-friends thing -- I would have already...”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“THE MOTTO, “IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY AGAIN,’” INSULTS A FIRSTBORN”
― Lynn Byk, The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch

“Never underestimate the power of getting back to basics.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Values to Live By: Know What Matters Most and Let It Be Your Guide

“Social hacks, pick up it works. On this one, you should trust me or go do it for yourself. If you want to get more results, you need to do so.
Open more sets!”
― Deyth Banger, Talk and More