Writing can be either readable or precise, but not at the same time. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“to be cool, decisive, precise, yes, while the barn door hits you in the face” — Frank O'Hara Copy Share Image
[Kepler] preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions, and that is the heart of science. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Precise knowledge is the only true knowledge, and he who does not teach exactly, does not teach at all. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A conviction is in the nature of a verdict and judgment, and therefore it must be precise and certain. — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Men walk through tragedy, quietly, calm and precise on the outside, tearing themselves to shreds inside. — Steven Herrick Copy Share Image
I would like to find a more precise way to not only tell the stories of female characters, but also do so… — Danae Elon Copy Share Image
Literature is the human activity that make the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity, and difficulty. — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The strength of the computer lies in its being a logic machine. It does precisely what it is programed to do. This… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
When it comes to being a techie, I'm always precise about the things that I want to know. I love understanding how… — Michiel Huisman Copy Share Image
If I go to Germany, I learn something in addition. The German television is very precise and respectable. One has never stress.… — Michelle Hunziker Copy Share Image
The American Right has an amazing ability to lionize leaders whose lives are the precise antithesis of the political values that define… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The Sage of Toronto... spent several decades marveling at the numerous freedoms created by a "global village" instantly and effortlessly accessible to… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
[Tikka Khan] went to East Pakistan with precise orders and came back by precise orders. He did what he was ordered to… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The finest virtues can become deformed with age. The precise mind becomes finicky; the thrifty man, miserly; the cautious man, timorous; the… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
I had studied Dadaism after the Second World War. What attracted me to this movement was the style its inventors used when… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
Words created divergencies between beings, because their precise meanings put an opinion around the idea. Music only retains the highest and purest… — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes;… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image
You're in a terrible spot. It's too late for you to retreat but too soon to act. All you can do is… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
Looking back through the mists of time, I recall some distinctly religious experiences in my teens--when I was only fourteen years old… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
Evolving life must experience a vast range of possibilities, based on environmental histories so unpredictable that no realized route - the pathway… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
There are some filmmakers like the Coen brothers that are very precise. They make shooting boards, they do it shot by shot,… — Pablo Larrain Copy Share Image
I like the process of giving control away [at the recording]. When you give it up to people, it's another intelligent organism… — Pantha du Prince Copy Share Image
The end of the eighteenth and the commencement of the nineteenth century are remarkable for the small amount of scientific movement going… — John Herschel Copy Share Image
A ground frequently taken by Christian theologians is that the progress and civilization of the world are due to Christianity; and the… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
How can we appraise a proposal if the terms hurled at our ears can mean anything or nothing, and change their significance… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“Assassination is murder with a touch more precision. Brother Sim is precise.” — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
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