Quotes About Precision

We might say that the three paragraphs we've just read were in service of increased specification.

We might think of a story as a candy factory. We understand that the essence of candymaking is…making that piece of candy right there.

Turn that Megaphone down, and insist that what's said through it be as precise, intelligent, and humane as possible.

When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.

He preferido ser poco inteligible antes que inexacto

Ne bi imalo nikakvog smisla da je druga?ije. Sve su prou?ili, sve izra?unali, ne dolazi u obzir da se prevare, nitko nikada nije uo?io ni jednu pogrešku, makar samo za nekoliko centimetara ili milimetara. Svejedno uvijek osje?am nešto poput ushi?enja kad pomislim da su se u sredini tunela kroz planinu Cenis susreli francuski i talijanski kopa?i.

I am not in a heat at all,' Léonie said with great precision. 'I am of a coolness quite remarkable, and I would like to kill that woman.

Brains operate...not by logic but by pattern recognition. This process is not precise, as is logic and mathematics. Instead, it trades off specificity and precision, if necessary, to increase its range. It is likely, for example, that early human thought proceeded by metaphor, which, even with the late acquisition of precise means such as logic and mathematical thought, continues to be a major source of imagination and creativity in adult life.

Comedy is math, music is math, and editing is, so I think those all work together.

Bette Midler is this sort of laser-precise whirlwind. We only worked together for two days, but her precision, before even shooting, was remarkable.

I'm an incredibly hard worker, I'm incredibly tenacious, and I'm incredibly detail-oriented.

I have always been a hard worker. I had to make some adjustments to find a way to make my delivery crisper and more repeatable.

Since I bowl wide of the crease - I am able to bring the ball in to the batsmen and have been working on varying my pace - a crucial component in the T20 format.

Quality is pride of workmanship.

My workmanship and quality are my strengths.

I only need one workout to feel like my shot is back.

My father had lost his eyesight, so if we placed something somewhere, it had to be in the right spot, exactly, or something could go wrong. That's the attention to detail I demand at the workplace.

I write in pen because it works. A fountain pen is no good for writing in the way I do because I'd have to decide, each time I stopped, how long I was likely to stop for in order to know whether or not to put the cap on. But I never know. So instead, I use a ballpoint - a Montblanc, to be precise - the most comfortably balanced pen I've ever found.

I have a couple of friends who have gone pro in sports, and if you are off by an inch, it's an entire mindgame for the next week. That's how it works: like, your whole world is based around an inch. Being an actor, your whole world turns on an inch, too.

Mayweather has been hit the least out of every world champion in history and that is the art of the sport; to hit and not get hit.

The World Cup is a tournament that practically does not allow errors, especially in the final.

The World Cup ball is very fast, and you need to think very quickly, when to punch and when to catch.

Being able to put the ball in the back of the net is so important at the highest level and could be the difference between reaching the semi-finals and actually winning the World Cup.

Dave Franco, I could put him up there with the best card throwers in the world. Not the best sleight of hand, but he could take a card and fire it over there and stick it into an apple. If he kept training at it, he could definitely break a Guinness World Record - he's that good.