Quotes About Precision

Like Gabriela, she liked animals because they behaved in a natural way; if they were hungry they ate nonstop, if they were thirsty they drank until they were full, if they were in heat they made love desperately, if they were tired they slept at any hour of the day, if they were furious they bit or scratched or killed their enemy. It is true is that they also died and that dying is ridiculous, but they were so meticulous, so precise.

Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation.

I swear dust wouldn't have the nerve to land on their floors or counters.

It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish.

Never waste your shots, always remain focused and ready.

We don't change the plan of the building to fix a mistake done by a builder.

Half the evils of the world come from inaccuracy.

Here are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesnt give a damn what goes on in between.

I love films for the fact that it is like working under a microscope. It is sort of like a laboratory.

I think I came up in fighting in a really technical way. If you've ever seen my fights, you know I love distance, I love technique.

I love it when receivers catch the balls with their hands.

Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter.

Timing's mighty important. In cooking, in life, in love. If the timing goes wrong, you've got to start over. Do it right.

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Roger picks up a sachet of sugar and shakes it as if it's in need of discipline: wap-wap-wap-wap.

Chapter 10 Precision and Professionalism

You're late, she said, tapping her watch. No, you're just early.

Paul and Elder remind us: Critical thinkers are clear as to the purpose at hand and the question at issue. They question information, conclusions and point of view. They strive to be clear, accurate, precise, and relevant. They seek to think beneath the surface, to be logical and fair. They apply these skills to their reading and writing as well as to their speaking and listening. Critical thinking

Good, because words are important, Trafford. Clear thinking. Logic. Precision. Above all, understanding. You can understand nothing if words can mean anything.

Hoping is a vague, unsophisticated, and largely uninteresting state of mind. One associates it with children and their feelings about birthday presents and snow days. Compared to the surgical precision of sentence adverbs like presumably, ostensibly, and understandably, hopefully is a bowl of mush.

La mente educada se distingue por no esperar más precisión que la que admite la naturaleza de la cuestión estudiada

It is the mark of an educated mind to expect that amount of exactness which the nature of the particular subject admits. It

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