Quotes About Accuracy

I know I am getting better at golf because I'm hitting fewer spectators.

I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not improve.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanations.

Accurate information is a key part of motivation.

I was told to be accurate, be brief, and then be seated. ... So I promise I shall be brief as possible - no matter how long it takes me.

Among the smaller duties in life, I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising when praise is not due.

Get your facts first, and then you can distort 'em as much as you please.

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.

Don't quote me; that's what you heard, not what I said.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

There is an accuracy that defeats itself by the overemphasis of details. I often say that one must permit oneself, and quite advisedly and deliberately, a certain margin of misstatement.

Exactness in little things is a wonderful source of cheerfulness.

A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure.

Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day.

It is the truth, but not the whole truth; and half a truth is as bad as a lie.

Lieutenant Dallas has just given you a brief demonstration of why she's one of the most valuable assets of the NYPSD. She observes, deduces, and reports with accuracy.

She went to the AutoChef, programmed a vitamin smoothie. And was shocked when that's exactly what she got.

A couple of inches up and right and he would have been a soprano.

If you tell a true story, you can't be wrong.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

You do 1,000 interviews, 20 percent of every one is not what you said, or is twisted a little. If you multiply 20 by 1,000 you've got a lot of inaccuracies out there.

I'm the type of person who responds to facts.