Quotes About Methodical

I am a very bottom-up thinker.

Snowden is an orderly thinker, with an engineer's approach to problem-solving.

I am a frighteningly thorough person.

I am a very thorough person.

Otherwise, his desk is immaculate. In accordance with the four Ds of his system, everything that has not been done, delegated, or dropped has been deferred to a half dozen two-drawer file cabinets, which contain his alphabetized plastic folders with labels printed by the little machine next to his computer. You might dismiss this all as evidence of dreary anal-retentiveness, but Allen could not be less dour or more relaxed.

Let nothing be done rashly, and at random, but all things according to the most exact and perfect rules of art.

If you were asked to spell the name Antoninus, would you rap out each letter at the top of voice, and then, if your hearers grew angry, grow angry yourself in turn? Rather, would you not proceed to enumerate the several letters quietly one by one? Well then; remember that here in life every piece of duty is likewise made up of its separate items. Pay careful attention to each of these, without fuss and without returning temper for temper, and so ensure the methodical completion of your task.

26. If someone asked you how to write your name, would you clench your teeth and spit out the letters one by one? If he lost his temper, would you lose yours as well? Or would you just spell out the individual letters? Remember—your responsibilities can be broken down into individual parts as well. Concentrate on those, and finish the job methodically—without getting stirred up or meeting anger with anger.

Just take it bird by bird

Conscientious individuals are ruled by their heads. Emotions, urges, whims, or hungers do not often get the best of them.

Organizing ahead of time makes the work more enjoyable. Chefs cut up the onions and have the ingredients lined up ahead of time and have them ready to go. When everything is organized you can clean as you go and it makes everything so much easier and fun.

If you analyze my career graph, you will see that I'm slow at choosing projects.

I am an analog, slide-rule kind of guy.

I'm pretty OCD. I like to fine-tune every single detail. I think that's a habit built maybe from me being OCD.

If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'

I'm a tidy, neat person. But I'm not a maniac.

I'm known as tidy, I like to keep my stuff in order.

No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing.

choosing his words very carefully, like someone slowly eating matza.

I'm a slow worker; I'm, I think, a steady worker.

I've always believed that pastry chefs are born, not made. They're patient, methodical, tidy, and organized. It's why I stick to the savory side of the kitchen - I'm far too messy and impulsive to do all the measuring, timing, and rule-following that pastry demands.

I don't believe in bright, cheesy colors that are applied from roots to tips. I'm not really into that. But I love the more fashion-y way of adding color to your hair methodically.

I'm not going to say paint is an easy spruce-up. It takes time, it needs touch-ups, and you have to be very methodical. But it is worth it, and it isn't particularly expensive.

Grimly, she realized that clocks don't make a sound that even remotely resembles ticking, tocking. It was more the sound of a hammer, upside down, hacking methodically at the earth. It was the sound of a grave.