I've seen this misquoted, requoted, or paraphrased as: "Perfect is the worst enemy of Good Enough", "Perfection is the enemy of Good Enough", "Better Than Is the Enemy of Good Enough", "Better Is the Enemy of Good Enough" -- each seems to be an adaptation for a specific moral that the (mis)quoter is trying to convey.
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It is better to risk sparing a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one. ... The better is the enemy of the good. ... The perfect is the enemy of the good. The best is the enemy of the good.
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S: "Good is the enemy of best, and the best is the enemy of better", I saw this quote on the wall of the Milliken Research Center in South Carolina. When you are good it is easy to become complacent assuming success will continue.
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Daddy, Papa and Me » The Pretentious is the Enemy of the Good « The Internet Food Association // February 24, 2009 at 4:15 pm ... [...] The Pretentious is the Enemy of the Good, school lunches need to be better, not perfect. [...]
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Sometimes in this crazy dance of environmentalists and corporations(see the comments), the wooing and the push-back, it can sometimes be overlooked that the good is the enemy of the better. Example: the new Tahoe hybrid being labeled environmental car of the year.
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Searching through the galleries of the dating sites, men's eyes soon grow tired of thousands of interesting beautiful girls. How can one precisely choose his "one and only"? ... please help. I am female and 49yrs old. i would so much like to have a good relationship with a man and ... ... Good Girls and Bad Girls...
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So where do we part ways? The bill in play right now, the Climate Security Act, isn't perfect. Many think that if we wait until after the election, we can do better. ... On letting the perfect be the enemy of good climate legislation 9...
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The toughest part of making good schools better is that most of the people who work in them think they’re already good enough. Change is hard, and who wants to do hard things when you know your district, state or the federal government will never call you on the carpet for your results?
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Just be aware that making something 'Better' can become the enemy of 'Good Enough' when 'Better' has a systematic negative impact on project cost and schedule.
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