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Quotes About Precision

PRACTICE what you play, & in the manner thereof Scales – 2-octave, swinging 4-note, swinging In 3rds, swinging Diatonic in 7ths, descending, swinging Diatonic in 7ths, descending, 3rd inversion
~ Doug Ramsey
We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!
~ Douglas Adams
That's right … we demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty
~ Douglas Adams
I can even work out your personality problems to ten decimal places if it will help.
~ Douglas Adams
Anything that is put down wrong here is, as far as I'm concerned, wrong for good.
~ Douglas Adams
Rehberde deniyor ki uçmak bir sanatm??. dedi Ford, ya da daha çok bir marifet. Asl?nda bütün marifet kendini yere doÄŸru f?rlat?p yeri ?skalamakta yat?yor.
~ Douglas Adams
There is an art to the business of making sandwiches which it is given to few ever to find the time to explore in depth.
~ Douglas Adams
And are you not," said Fook, leaning anxiously forward, "a greater analyst than the Googleplex Star Thinker in the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity which can calculate the trajectory of every single dust particle throughout a five-week Dangrabad Beta sand blizzard?
~ Douglas Adams
How did society ever function without you, little Sharpies? Your nibs have the precise amount of give to create a line quality with character, yet not so much character as to be smushy. Thank you, little pens.
~ Douglas Coupland
He stepped back to let Pendergast do his thing, but he was surprised to see the agent not going through his usual rigmarole, with the test tubes and tweezers and loupes appearing out of nowhere and interminable fussing around.
~ Douglas Preston
She, too, had an air of discipline and precision about her, but it was at odds with her aristocratic face, mane of rich mahogany hair, brown eyes, and civilian dress. The others were kitted out in body armor, helmets, night-vision gear, and assault weaponry: all she had was a string of pearls. Who in God's name would wear a string of pearls on a mission like this?
~ Douglas Preston
My remarks are, as always, apt, sound, and to the point. (Hercule Poirot)
~ Agatha Christie
Accuracy is more a male quality than a female one. - Jane Marple
~ Agatha Christie
With method and logic one can accomplish anything!
~ Agatha Christie
Monsieur, pray confine yourself to the point.
~ Agatha Christie
És végül a pisztolylövés. Az egyetlen hibám. Halántékon is l?hettem volna. De képtelen voltam rászánni magam, hogy ilyen aszimmetrikus, hebehurgya munkát végezzek. Nem, legyen szimmetrikus a lövés, pontosan a homloka közepébe...
~ Agatha Christie
often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalize. Generalizations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.
~ Agatha Christie
methods of Hercule Poirot. I do not run to and fro, making
~ Agatha Christie
If one approaches a problem with order and method there should be no difficulty in solving it—none whatever,' said Poirot severely.
~ Agatha Christie
a man of method. He might bring intelligence, talent, a careful calculation of detail to the task;
~ Agatha Christie
and after all I am constantly in the habit of being right"—Race smiled into his moustache at this typical utterance
~ Agatha Christie
an expert fisherman knows exactly what flies to offer to what fish.
~ Agatha Christie
De taal is een instrument in handen van de gedachte, je moet je helder en exact uitdrukken.
~ Aharon Appelfeld
I don't like to go over curbs, because I don't want to be hard on the car.
~ Alain Prost