Quotes About Accuracy

He glanced at his watch: three twenty-seven in the afternoon, more or less. With a Rolex, he'd discovered, more or less had to be good enough.

The thing that drew her to guns was their precision, lethality, and simplicity.

For all we know, this"—he scrolled up on the phone screen to find a label—"this Wikipedia information database here is compiled by complete idiots.

This is my rife. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rife is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I have master my life. My rife, without me, is useless. Without my rife, I am useless. I must fire my rife true. I must shoot before he shoots me. And I will. - Marine Rife Creed

They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.

It is said that in a foreign country impressions are sharp and accurate for a month, and then they become blurred, and the reactions are not accurate again for five years, so that one should stay either one month or five years in a country.

Just because something 'happens', because it is 'true', because the 'facts' are correct, does not ensure that it is the truth.

Minor details—like pennies—add up. A good banker isn't careless with pennies; a good leader isn't sloppy about details.

My family has to be very patient living with me, if you're playing a part that's not you. You have to get it right.

There's two things in life you cant take back... Words and Bullets. So make sure you hit what you aim at and make sure you mean what you say.

42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Nothing is completely wrong in this world even the clock which has stopped working is correct twice a day.

It must be admitted that the results of this method of interpreting the art of making presents were not always happy. The idea which I formed of Venice, from a drawing by Titian which is supposed to have the lagoon in the background, was certainly far less accurate than what I have since derived from ordinary photographs.

Não advertia que aquele detalhe verdadeiro tinha ângulos que só podiam encaixar-se nos detalhes contíguos do fato verdadeiro de que imprudentemente o destacara e que, quaisquer que fossem os detalhes inventados entre os quais o colocasse, sempre revelariam, pela matéria excedente e os vazios não preenchidos, que não era ali o seu lugar.

Even a clock that's broken is right twice a day.

In the military, if we don't know something, we say we don't know and proceed to shut up until we do. Some highly paid charlatans in the media think it's absolutely fine to take a wild guess at the truth and then tell a couple of million people it's cast-iron fact, just in case they might be right...I hope they're proud of themselves, because they nearly broke my mom's heart....

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

If I pick up a book with spaceships on the cover, I want spaceships. If I see one with dragons, I want there to be dragons inside the book. Proper labeling. Ethical labeling. I don't want to open up my cornflakes and find that they're full of pebbles... You need to respect the reader enough not to call it something it isn't.

Whatever you write, let it be the truth.

With all due respect." Sam folded his arms over his chest. "If all you wanted was an extra diver, you probably should not have hired an archaeologist. We're devils when it comes to details, and not likely to opt for speed when accuracy is at stake.

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

Even a stopped clock is right two times a day.

You have to learn the difference between a man's looks, and how fine he shoots. They've never been one and the same.