Quotes about Precision
The narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery.
— Walt Whitman
But if Maximus is "a mystic like Dionysius", he is surely "a mystic who is also a metaphysician, an ascetic who has reached, through his familiarity with Aristotelian philosophy, a consistency and precision of thought that one looks for in vain in the works of the Areopagite.
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
Think about it, Lee - we already know that intelligent minds produce finely tuned devices. Look at the space shuttle. Look at a television set. Look at an internal combustion engine. We see minds producing complex, precision machinery all the time. So the existence of a supermind - or God - as the explanation for the fine - tuning of the universe makes all sense in the world.
— Lee Strobel
It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple.
— Steve Jobs
The difference was in the details.
— Dale Carnegie
The gun that scatters too much does not bag the birds.
— Dale Carnegie
That is the way I have always worked. I draw a plan and work out every detail on the plan before starting to build. For otherwise one will waste a great deal of time in makeshifts as the work goes on and the finished article will not have coherence. It
— Henry Ford
Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn't mean anything else.
— CS Lewis
A professional notices any small change to their racket, whether it's something a bit different to the grip, the strings or the frame.
— Tim Henman
Some writers have excellent "control"; they know exactly what they want to convey, and they convey it precisely and accurately
— Mortimer Adler
Whatever you Do — Do it Well — to the Finish.
— Napoleon Hill
The return from the walk, and the arrival of tea, should be exactly coincident, and not later than a quarter past four.
— CS Lewis