Exacting Quotes
65 quotes by 58 authors
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Golf is more exacting than racing, cards, speculation, or matrimony. In almost all other games you pit yourself against a mortal foe; in golf it…
— Arnold Haultain
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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man. From him who will not give her all,…
— Clarence Darrow
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My child,you are broken. Unless you know that you are broken yourself,it will be severely laborious to love the broken people around you. You will…
— Bo Sanchez
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Respect is better procured by exacting than soliciting it.
— Sir Fulke Greville
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Perhaps bacteria may tentatively be regarded as biochemical experiments; owing to their relatively small size and rapid growth, variations must arise much more frequently than…
— Marjory Stephenson
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Cooks are in some ways very much like actors; they must be fit and strong, since acting and cooking are two of the most exacting…
— Andre Simon
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It's important to know that words don't move mountains. Work, exacting work moves mountains.
— Danilo Dolci
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Teachers need our active support and encouragement. They are doing one of the most necessary and exacting jobs in the land. They are developing our…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Mathematicians boast of their exacting achievements, but in reality they are absorbed in mental acrobatics and contribute nothing to society.
— Ogyu Sorai
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The individual who cultivates grievances, and who is perpetually exacting explanations of his assumed wrongs, can only be ignored, and left to the education of…
— Lilian Whiting
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The air is an extremely dangerous, jealous and exacting mistress. Once under the spell most lovers are faithful to the end, which is not always…
— Winston Churchill
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Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.
— Chuck Jones
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She didn't give George any too easy a time when she was alive. She was one of those semi-invalids. I believe she had really something…
— Agatha Christie
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You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will…
— St. Vincent
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Writing is a demanding profession and a selfish one. And because it is selfish and demanding, because it is compulsive and exacting, I didn't embrace…
— Rod Serling
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It is in a country's interests to keep faith with its allies. States in this sense are like people. If you have a reputation for…
— Margaret Thatcher
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Buckwheat may be planted later than any similar crop, and often does well on old meadows or waste land that can be broken after the…
— David F. Houston
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Both pure and applied science have gradually pushed further and further the requirements for accuracy and precision. However, applied science, particularly in the mass production…
— Walter A. Shewhart
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I always worked as an individual artist even when Group Material asked me to join the group. There are certain things that I can do…
— Felix Gonzalez-Torres
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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the soul and brain of man.
— Clarence Darrow
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