Precision Quotes

194 quotes by 179 authors

I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was… — Ice Cube
I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it.… — Thomas A. Edison
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life. — Victor Hugo
Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about. — Shawn Johnson
In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision. — Lionel Messi
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. — Vladimir Nabokov
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small. — Donald Rumsfeld
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 welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness. — William Safire
The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution. — Igor Stravinsky
We know from chaos theory that even if you had a perfect model of the world, you'd need infinite precision in order to predict future… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Darwin's theory of evolution is a framework by which we understand the diversity of life on Earth. But there is no equation sitting there in… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
There is no science in this world like physics. Nothing comes close to the precision with which physics enables you to understand the world around… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to… — Max Weber
Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim. — Elwyn Brooks White
Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take… — Shaun White
But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury,… — Niklaus Wirth
I have an over-attachment to precision, which is why I've sold more magazines than any man alive. — Felix Dennis
Like the burlesque comedian, I am abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement. — E E Cummings
There are things than cannot ever occur with any precision. They are too big and too magnificent to be contained in mere facts. They are… — Bruno Schulz

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