Quotes about Precision

If your watch is slow by just four minutes, that's not much - unless you've been warned that if you're even one minute late ever again you will be fired. Then four minutes make a big difference.

Having the right equipment is often the difference between success and failure. To insert a screw, a carpenter doesn't use a knife. When you're under anesthesia, you don't want your surgeon using a chainsaw. A climber on Mount Everest won't use dollar store equipment. Professionals are picky about using the right equipment as they know it can be dangerous if they aren't. Life can be dangerous, too, so it's essential that you use the right equipment.

Know what you are talking about.

Met de uiterste voorzichtigheid, maandenlang mogelijkheden tegen elkaar afwegend, bijna tot in het overdrevene toe langzaam, zo streng mogelijke maatstaven aanleggend, vatte hij zijn oordeel over een letter, een woord of een hele zin pas dan samen, wanneer hij van de onaantastbaarheid ervan zeker was.

God makes the assignments, and he apportions the degree of difficulty in precise measurements.

Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null,Dead perfection, no more.

The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of a pint pot has had an admirable training in accuracy of eye and hand.

poets are like baseball pitchers. both have their moments. the intervals are the tough things.

A knowledge of and the ability to properly and quickly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and cover every little detail.

Whatever you do, do it well.

Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.

If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.