Quotes About Thoroughness

fastidiousness

In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.

I love thoroughness. I respect people that do a job well.

Guys pay extra attention to detail. They are looking at every little thing on the scouting report.

A wise man, when he writes a book, sets forth his arguments fully and clearly; an enlightened ruler, when he makes his laws, sees to it that every contingency is provided for in detail.

God is in the details.

The devil is in the detail is an idiom that refers to a catch or mysterious element hidden in the details. It derives from God is in the detail attributed to German-born architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969). Earlier on Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) said Le bon Dieu est dans le detail. Meaning that things seem simple at first but are more complex or require more time and effort than expected. The earlier idea is that details are important; whatever one does should be done thoroughly.

First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf.

In analysing complicated variations one must examine each branch of the tree once and once only.

I typically go overboard when I research new projects.

Honest to God, I do all the research on these books myself.

Preparation is everything. You don't like being interviewed by someone who hasn't done their research.

I won't be satisfied with anything less than everything

The key was preparation. That was what separated the good from the great. The greats covered their tracks. The greats prepared for every eventuality.

My inclination, as an old-school, classically trained journalist, is not to go with a story unless I have it hard. It's not good enough to say something based on rumors that were flying around.

If all but one of the instruments on a surgeon's tray had been sterilized, that exception would be a danger to the patient. It can be said that one slip of point of view by a writer can hurt a story badly, and several slips can be fatal.

Wall Street bond trading desks, staffed by people making seven figures a year, set out o coax from the brain-dead guys making high five figures the highest possible ratings for the worst possible loans. They performed the task with Ivy League thoroughness and efficiency.

If I don't understand something properly, every single component, it really bugs me.

You have to be a professional in every single thing you do.

presuming, you've thoroughly thought out and researched

Sensitive individuals process experiences more thoroughly than others do.

Now they are questioning [Evans's] credibility, and the credibility of the detective who was investigating the case. When you're the D.A., you'd better be dotting your I's and crossing your T's. You don't want something like this coming."

Esa tendencia del hombre a terminar limpiamente lo que hace, sin dejar hilachas colgando

The easiest way to do anything is properly.