Precise Quotes

390 quotes by 349 authors

God is a meticulous clockmaker. So precise is His order that everything on earth happens in its own time. Neither a minute late nor a… — Elif Safak
Much of Hamlet is about the precise kind of slippage the mourner experiences: the difference between being and seeming, the uncertainty about how the inner… — Meghan O'Rourke
Our tolerance for forms of religious expression we disagree with is a precise barometer of our own spiritual security. — Lawrence Kushner
Sometimes, you just have to reassure the ones you love in precise language that you'll always be there. Sometimes words are enough. — Cassia Leo
The flow of people in a setting, their changing relationships to each other and their environment, and their constantly changing expressions and movements - all… — Constantine Manos
That I should turn up at the precise moment was one of those extraordinarily lucky breaks which we all need at some time or other… — Peter Cushing
To become enlightened is not just to slip into some disconnected euphoria, an oceanic feeling of mystic oneness apart from ordinary reality. It is not… — Robert Thurman
It is not enough to say, 'We are Muslims and have an ideology or our own': we must also be in a position to show… — Muhammad Asad
The purpose of a spiritual path or religion is to provide a precise and believable way into what seems unbelievable. — Geneen Roth
To call oneself a libertarian marxist today is not to look backwards but to be committed to the future. The libertarian marxist is not an… — Daniel Guerin
It's superb to be out in the early, early morning before the sun comes up. There's this sense of being super-alive. You're in on a… — Tim Tharp
The applause of all but very good men is no more than the precise measure of their possible hostility. — Alec Guinness
I am trying to represent design through drawing. I have always drawn things to a high degree of detail. That is not an ideological position… — Neil Denari
I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things. — Steven Zaillian
What is generally termed reality is, to be precise, a frothy nothing. — Hugo Ball
When struck by a thunderbolt it is unnecessary to consult the Book of Dates as to the precise meaning of the omen. — Ernest Bramah
The more words I have, the more distinct, precise my perceptions become--and such lucidity is a form of joy. — Eva Hoffman
American Morons is the work of an original. Like Hitchcock or Ramsey Campbell, the style is precise, alert, and well-mannered, inviting us to enter Hirshberg's… — Dennis Etchison
The strength of the computer lies in its being a logic machine. It does precisely what it is programed to do. This makes it fast… — Peter Drucker
Love doesn't suit the lazy; sometimes it requires strong, precise actions. — Susanna Tamaro

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