Quotes About Meticulousness

Sometimes careful just isn't good enough.

There is a great amount of poetry in unconscious fastidiousness.

Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

God dwells in the details.

God was in the details.

A good banker isn't careless with pennies; a good leader isn't sloppy about details.

The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.

I am someone who places great value on the detail. That was always the case, even in my days as a racing driver.

People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.

Success is in the details.

Whoever wants to accomplish great things must devote to a lot of profound thought to details.

I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.

Meticulousness is the better part of serendipity.

The last rule was to make enumerations so complete, and reviews so comprehensive, that I should be certain of omitting nothing.

And the last, in every case to make enumerations so complete, and reviews so general, that I might be assured that nothing was omitted.

As I researched an article for The Atlantic that served as a launch point for this book, speaking to many people, characteristics of Invisibles began to crystallize. Fascinatingly, I found they all consistently embody Three Traits: 1) Ambivalence toward recognition 2) Meticulousness 3) Savoring of responsibility

Intelligence is predatory, but full of fastidiousness and frights.

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.

Von peinlichen Vorsicht, monatelang erwägend, langsam bis zum Überdruss, am strengsten gegen sich selbst, schloss er seine Meinung über einen Buchstaben, ein Wort oder einen ganzen Satz nur dann ab wenn er ihre Unangreifbarkeit sicher war.

Pixar has been compared to fine furniture makers who polish the backs of drawers - even if you don't see everything in a particular scene, you still feel that every little detail has been met.

Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.

Caress the detail, the divine detail.

If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.