Quotes About Precision

The hardest part is writing a song as a story. A song is so short and there are only so many words that every line has to hit. The words have to flow. You can't say certain words that sound weird next to each other, you can't repeat words too much.

To really have craft, you must be able to repeat something as one has to do in films.

You have to have sound mechanics to repeat the same delivery each time. That's the hard part. Since I don't bowl all the time I'm not consistent with my mechanics.

Filming is repetition and many takes.

The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the mood of a moment, clock time can ride roughshod over the emotions of individuals.

After 12,000 years of feeding humankind, all farming except fruit and veg production is likely to be replaced by ferming: brewing microbes through precision fermentation.

Folks really need to be very cautious about overanalyzing or overparsing what I've said to this reporter or that reporter.

I would never have been a good reporter because I am not accurate regarding facts.

I'll often order a cortado and stand there quizzing the poor barista about the extraction time, how much pressure they are applying and how many grams are in it. I am that guy. It's reprehensible to the max, but it's how I go through my life.

I don't hunt shots.

You don't go hunting for a deer and shoot 50 rounds.

Fight scenes are hard, no matter what you do. You're trying to make it look like you're hurting someone without hurting them. It doesn't matter how big and strong the guy is that you're fighting or how small and feeble someone is that you're fighting. You don't want to hurt them. You're working with them.

I know exactly what I'm doing on the ice, and I'm in my element.

I'm a Texan - my idea of gun control is hitting what you aim at and nothing else.

Honestly, if I could shoot everything in 1:33, I would.

I'd definitely use a 48-inch driver if I could control it.

I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.

For a cinematographer, every frame has to be important.

One of the most important things, actually, when you're playing on grass, is to move.

I was impressed by the braking power an F1 car has.

My shows have room for a bit of improvisation. In a film, you can't have that risk; you can't have someone taking 10 seconds longer.

The difference between a good shot and bad shot can be an inch to the left.

Baseball is a game of inches.

To flight approach shots lower with the scoring clubs - what I consider my 7-iron through wedges - I stand two or three inches closer to the ball than normal.