Quotes About Accuracy

It's difficult for analysts to get better at predicting when they don't know if their past predictions were ever any good.30

He was like Tennessee Williams, shooting three bull's-eyes in a row, all with his blind eye.

When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious.

The only exact knowledge there is, is the knowledge of the date of publication and the format of books.

Eine gute Frage ist oft schon die halbe Antwort. Viele Probleme entstehen nicht aus fehlenden Antworten, sondern aus ungenauen Fragen.

If we put a vinaigrette together, every part of it is weighed. For the burger, we do a bit of arugula, olive oil - everything is weighed. To the gram.

Get digital scales because, for baking, balance scales just aren't accurate enough: it's all in the weighing up.

Always use liquid measuring cups to measure liquid and dry measuring cups to measure dry. Especially when measuring flour, accuracy is important, so using only dry measuring cups - or better yet, weighing on a scale - is key.

I love watching Anthony Kim play, but I'm not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches on his full-swing shots. Choking down lightens the club's swing weight and effectively makes the shaft stiffer. It also makes it difficult to hit the ball high enough for all situations.

I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.

A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight.

It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was.

Lighting practically whenever I can when shooting period really helps with authenticity.

There's no praise for scoring a fight right, just criticism for one you get wrong.

This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.

The really big difference is that what you make with a molecular machine can be completely precise, down to the tiniest degree of detail that can exist in the world.

I've made a career of being precise.

For some people to say, 'I just go up there and hit it,' we'll that's good for you. If it works for you, it works for you. But I want to be as precise as possible heading into that shot.

Writing is like driving a car. Writing the beats of a screenplay? It's like driving a rover on Mars. You have to be absolutely, extremely precise.

I try to be precise with my passes but take some risks as well.

The more precisely I can drive, the more I enjoy myself.

Accuracy is paramount in every detail of a work of history. Here's my rule: Ask yourself, 'Did this thing happen?' If the answer is yes, then it's historical. Then ask, 'Did this thing happen precisely this way?' If the answer is yes, then it's history; if the answer is no, not precisely this way, then it's historical drama.

I like writing about popular culture. It helps to place people. I think you can be really, really accurate if you know enough about it, and place people precisely.

I go for actors who do precisely what is expected of them.