Quotes About Thoroughness

An investigation may take six months. A quick interview, profile, a day.

In writing a few words of Preface I wish to express, first and foremost, my appreciation of the extreme care and conscientiousness with which La Mara has prepared these volumes.

The more thoroughly a person understands life, the less he will mock, though in the end he might still mock the thoroughness of his understanding.

Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves. Be thorough in all things, no matter how small or distasteful! The man who counts his hours and kicks about his salary is a self-elected failure.

There will be no politics, no ifs and buts; if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects.

My friends have always called me 'Mr. Thorough,' in that when I get into something, I become obsessed with it.

It's better to do something really really well and thorough, than I think to have a surface level version of a lot of different things.

I swing between procrastination and being really thorough so either way things aren't getting done quickly.

I like that by inherently having to make a group decision, you're really thorough. And I have a lot more confidence with a decision going forward if I know it's been thorough.

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic.

I don't take a stance to score political points. That's not what I'm about. That's not why the people hired me. If I do take a stand on something, it's because I've thoroughly researched it.

What I read, I read thoroughly and retain almost all of it.

Thoroughly read all your contracts. I really mean thoroughly.

John not only taught me to explore, but to play thoroughly and completely.

Employ every economy consistent with thoroughness, accuracy and reliability.

Accept business only at a price permitting thoroughness. Then do a thorough job, regardless of cost to us.

From Claudius Maximus, in all things to endeavour to have power of myself, and in nothing to be carried about; to be cheerful and courageous in all sudden chances and accidents, as in sicknesses: to love mildness, and moderation, and gravity: and to do my business, whatsoever it be, thoroughly, and without querulousness.

I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it.

The FBI is not in the habit of leaving loose ends. That's not what they do.

I get up in the morning and get to bed at night, and between, I bring equivalent dedication to everything I do, with a horror of the inaccurate and the half-baked.

Watch every detail that affects the accuracy of your work.

We were criticized throughout that investigation for being too thorough, for taking too long. But time has proved the correctness of that approach.

Don't leave a stone unturned. It's always something, to know you have done the most you could." -Charles Dickens