Quotes About Precision

I suspect that most playgoers don't understand how inexact a science literary translation is. Even the simplest of lines may lend itself to multiple renderings.

Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transparency: you explain your theory, set out your evidence, and reference the studies that support your case.

Science isn't about authority or white coats; it's about following a method. That method is built on core principles: precision and transparency; being clear about your methods; being honest about your results; and drawing a clear line between the results, on the one hand, and your judgment calls about how those results support a hypothesis.

Because the high-intensity pulses are short, the laser only damages the area where it's applied. The result is precise, clean cuts that are ideal for transparent materials.

Dialogue is a lean language in which every word counts.

If all but one of the instruments on a surgeon's tray had been sterilized, that exception would be a danger to the patient. It can be said that one slip of point of view by a writer can hurt a story badly, and several slips can be fatal.

One ought not to use words carelessly, or even spontaneously. Once they are launched, they cannot be called back.

The meaning of the words is necessary and not their extent.

Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.

Just know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.

One of the beauties of carpentry is the way pure theoretical math and the savagery of a swinging hammer merge. You

He is a woodworker; I'm a carpenter. We both work wood, but the way we approach it, and the tools we use, differ greatly.

There is some virtue to be learnt from every part of the world — teamwork from Japan, precision from Germany, marketing and negotiation skills from the United States, courtesy, decency and refinement from the British, and human values from the villages of India. You

words so precisely placed that in combination with other words, also precisely placed, they carve out a shape in space and time.

Fouché) tan invisible y activo como el mecanismo de un reloj.

Things half done and hints half given are always bad; all the evil in the world comes from half-measures.

There are two kinds: an eye for details, which discovers new things, and a fixed look that follows only a ready-made plan and speeds it up for the moment.

Between overstatement and understatement lies one hundred per cent.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness

I used to love mathematics for its own sake, and I still do, because it allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness....

I will resist the urge to underestimate the complexity of knitting.

Truth is to be used as a scalpel, not a club.

Any useful logic must concern itself with Ideas with a fringe of vagueness and a Truth that is a matter of degree.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.