When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
The development of mathematics towards greater precision has led, as is well known, to the formalization of large tracts of it, so… — Kurt Gödel Copy Share Image
No one knows where he who invented the plow was born, nor where he died; yet he has done more for humanity… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“Q: What's the biggest myth about writing? A: That there's any wildness attached to it. Writing tends to be very deliberate." [… — Colm Tóibín Copy Share Image
a poet is someone who is abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement. Which is to say the highest form of… — e. e. cummings Copy Share Image
We should bear the intelligence and taste of the architect or the gardener in how we shape the becoming of our self.… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
If you are reading a large newspaper, all spread out on the table, your cat will come and sit on the very… — Leonore Fleischer Copy Share Image
Precision is, after all, not only a form of responsibility and a kind of pleasure, but an instrument of compassion. To be… — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Copy Share Image
Advertising is much less powerful than advertisers and critics of advertising claim, and advertising agencies are stabbing in the dark much more… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
The kind of precision manufacturing epitomized in the armories, while it was important, was only a small share of the economy until… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven,… — Maurice Ravel Copy Share Image
There is a general kind of praying which fails for lack of precision. It is as if a regiment of soldiers should… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
There are some people who may not like precision in their art. They may like it to be grittier and more gestural,… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
Despite the impression created by some economic pundits, the U.S. economy is not a delicate little machine that needs to be fine-tuned… — Edward C. Prescott Copy Share Image
Precision marching is less important for the bridal party than maintaining the proper facial expresssions: The bridegroom must look awed; the bridesmaids,… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Muhammad Ali inside the ring and Muhammad Ali outside the ring were totally different men; his abrasive, magnetic daring and infectious self-love… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
When I see a face, I see a face in general and I see you are curious, I see the curiosity but… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
How odd it is that sewing is thought to be 'women's work' when surgeons, sailors, and cowboys sew too. Yet how many… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
I have no use whatsoever for projections or forecasts. They create an illusion of apparent precision. The more meticulous they are, the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws,… — Yusef Komunyakaa Copy Share Image
Playing with different genres and perspectives and ways of telling stories is one of the perks of being a novelist, but at… — Linn Ullmann Copy Share Image
Darwin's theory of evolution is a framework by which we understand the diversity of life on Earth. But there is no equation… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
While the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
When I diced vegetables, it was painstaking work to make sure that every single piece looked the same: 1/4-inch cubed for small,… — Gail Simmons Copy Share Image
What is revolutionary today is that we're using precision-guided munitions. And instead of building individual weapons, we are building an industry and… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Precision medicine is diving into the DNA with a knowledge that everybody's tumor has a unique genetic profile and you want to… — Laurie Glimcher Copy Share Image
Once again, in the fine tradition of North Texas Lab Bands, this is truly a superb band. Under the artful leadership of… — Michael Brecker Copy Share Image
We have learned that precision munitions go precisely where they're targeted to go. We've learned that the introduction of human beings in… — Tommy Franks Copy Share Image
The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on, and… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
There are things than cannot ever occur with any precision. They are too big and too magnificent to be contained in mere… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
The challenge for a nonfiction writer is to achieve a poetic precision using the documents of truth but somehow to make people… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Tinguely wasn't the first artist to work with machines. But others were more interested in precision, in what machines are meant to… — Pontus Hulten Copy Share Image
He had fought back with every weapon in his arsenal, being alternatively obtuse, evasive and pedantic, for it was wonderful how you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
meditation is a way of developing clarity, which allows us to see the precision of daily life situations as well as our… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
So our task as stewards of the word begins and ends in love. Loving language means cherishing it for its beauty, precision,… — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Copy Share Image
Electrical science has revealed to us the true nature of light, has provided us with innumerable appliances and instruments of precision, and… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
It is really refreshing to hear a big band that has the ability to execute ensemble passages with swing and precision while… — John Patitucci Copy Share Image
There is no science in this world like physics. Nothing comes close to the precision with which physics enables you to understand… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
