Quotes About Precision

Legislative language is governed by a law of etymology that is also the ancient code of the bureaucracy: It doesn't have to be right, it just has to be close enough for government work. If they understand what you mean, it doesn't matter what you say or how you say it.

I, like many annoying pedants, will wince when someone says 'less' when they should have said 'fewer.' But my 'poor' sounds like poo-ah, not pore; and my 'grass' rhymes with mass, not farce. What's wrong with that?

There's a gray area there that I'm satisfied is not gray.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

It doesn't matter how tough you are. It doesn't matter how smart you are or what a great leader you are. None of that stuff matters if you can't put the ball where you have to put it.

I think from a driving perspective, the great thing of being in a simulator a lot is that you can constantly work on areas. Of course it's not like being in a real car, and you always have to remember that, but it means there are all these things that you can work on.

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

Ballet dancers are among the greatest living athletes.

I'm always looking for those knockouts but I'm looking to do it in a better fashion. Not rushing, not blitzing, not putting myself at risk. Not just being too greedy.

I am a very good sniper, and I can put five bullets into that red circle and I know how to throw hand grenades.

I have one idiosyncrasy that helps my driving accuracy. I grip down on the club. This makes it easier to control the clubface.

Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.

It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.

We guard the shooter. A lot of guys shoot way behind the 3-point line. We guard where the shooter is, not where the line is.

When you do a freeze frame, you have the opportunity to find the exact shot that you want - no guessing.

Shooting is very challenging because 10 metre air rifle you have different rules, short gun you have different rules.

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

In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way.

Discipline is the quality that carries over from gymnastics to acting.

Gymnastics is so complex.

The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.

At the end of the day, I just want to see good gymnastics!

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

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