Precision Quotes
194 quotes by 179 authors
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If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision those of its members who were most poorly endowed in…
— Victor Hugo
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In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We already possess these, but they…
— Pema Chodron
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Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity.
— Esa-Pekka Salonen
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When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I wonder what songs…
— Terry Gilliam
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Indeed, if communist central planners could have organized the economy with as much detail, precision, and flexibility as a modern-day Toyota or Wal-Mart, communism would…
— Jim Stanford
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Metz's Perfection chronicles with lapidary precision one woman's climb back to happiness after not just a spouse's death, but also the shocking recognition that her…
— Julie Powell
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An interactive debugger is an outstanding example of what is not needed - it encourages trial-and-error hacking rather than systematic design, and also hides marginal…
— Harlan Mills
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I had thought that words were instruments of precision. Now I know that they devour the world, leaving nothing in its place.
— Steven Millhauser
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See if you can approach your own practice with a healthy combination of mindfulness, playfulness, precision, and curiosity
— Cyndi Lee
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You ought to have seen Frédéric with his monocle, his greying whiskers, his calm demeanour, carving his plump quack-quack, trussed and already flamed, throwing it…
— Leon Daudet
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It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of the sea with…
— Barry S. Strauss
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Their notion of training was to march the men up and down in parades and reviews: these were nice to look at and gave them…
— Orlando Figes
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I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and…
— Conrad Veidt
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Cleanliness is a state of purity, clarity, and precision
— Suze Orman
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You must know your faith with the same precision with which a specialist in information technology knows the operating system of a computer.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Our troops are committed to bringing security to Iraq while its government matures. American forces will continue to accomplish their mission with caution, precision and…
— Mike Fitzpatrick
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Perhaps... some day the precision of the data will be brought so far that the mathematician will be able to calculate at his desk the…
— Antoine Lavoisier
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Under any sort of attack, keep cool. And if you must shoot, shoot with precision.
— Jeff Cooper
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In the infinite wisdom of the Lord of all the earth, each event falls with exact precision into its proper place in the unfolding of…
— B. B. Warfield
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Work is already underway today on creating unique high-precision weapons systems and manoeuvrable combat units that will have an unpredictable flight trajectory for the potential…
— Vladimir Putin
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