Precise Quotes

390 quotes by 349 authors

Baking is too precise for me. I cook with a pinch of this or that. — Eva Longoria
Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise. — Adolf Loos
The heel is engineering in itself. This little thing that supports the human weight has to have a precise balance. — Christian Louboutin
I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It's all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible. — Theresa May
There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about. — John von Neumann
While I don't often use the word, the technically precise term for my orientation is bisexual. I believe bisexuality is not a choice, it is… — Cynthia Nixon
To be a minister means above all to become powerless, or in more precise terms, to speak with our powerlessness to the condition of powerlessness… — Henri Nouwen
If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise. — Joyce Carol Oates
Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true… — Ezra Pound
This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes.… — Dan Rather
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small. — Donald Rumsfeld
Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. — John Ruskin
I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can start with anything precise. You have to achieve such precision… — Bertrand Russell
I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition. — Tom Stoppard
When I look at acting careers that I really admire, I see that it's been a precise decision-making process for these people. They make decisions… — Taylor Swift
Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be… — John Tukey
A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do. — Niklaus Wirth
I'm very analytical, I'm very precise. — Al Yankovic
The mark of a mature, psychologically healthy mind is indeed the ability to live with uncertainty and ambiguity, but only as much as there really… — Julian Baggini
You donâ€™t know what goes on in anyoneâ€™s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a personâ€™s life, youâ€™re not… — Jay Asher

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