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The finished product is often of less importance than the skills and confidence gained through the process and the way in which the community is strengthened through people in it work and are brought together.

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.

It takes great salesmanship to convince a customer to buy something from you that isn't built or isn't finished.

'It is finished' is the triumphant cry that what I came to do has been done. All is accomplished, completed, fulfilled work.

Part of creating is understanding that there is always more to do; nothing is ever completely finished.

When a product is made, everyone hopes for the best. Whether it could have been better or not is more of an afterthought.

You don't really know when stand-up material is TV ready; it's just at what point you're willing to let it go and not work on it anymore. I'm not sure there is a point at which you think: 'And that is finished.'

I have a view that if you build something that's good, and you keep making it better, it lasts.

Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process.