Quotes About Precision

Pure geometrical regularity gives a certain pleasure to men troubled by the obscurity of outside appearance. The geometrical line is something absolutely distinct from the messiness, the confusion, and the accidental details of existing things.

People say a two-man sled is like driving a racecar, and a four-man is like driving a truck. And it feels that way.

The special ops guys and the firefighters around the world have this great phrase. They say, 'Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,' and that is true. Everything I've accomplished in my life has been because of that attitude.

The musical training taught me to focus my mind, before playing in an orchestra taught me how to truly concentrate. If you miss your moment in an orchestra, there is no forgiving.

I love thinking about mechanics and having your mind agree with the mechanics. Sometimes you can shoot it correctly, but your mind doesn't think that it's right. So it's like, how do you get your mind to trust that that's the right way to shoot it.

Exactitude is not truth.

When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.

I know it sounds odd, but I want to make a Rolex-quality screwdriver.

I'm not used to seeing the ball go wherever she wants. As a pitcher, I like to be - I don't want to say perfect, but I want to know what the ball is going to do.

There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered.

It's just a matter of hitting the ball where I want to hit it and hopefully making some putts.

I find sometimes that if you do too many takes, it starts to become meaningless to me. It is hard to sustain it for me. I don't want to do too many.

My cutter has been key for me, and my curveball. I've been able to spot them where I want to spot them.

I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify.

Language always betrays us, tells the truth when we want to lie, and dissolves into formlessness when we would most like to be precise.

You get used to the exact amount of space between lines. You write a word and then you write an alternate word over it. You want enough room so you can read it, so the lines can't be too close.

There are certain things I will automate, but when it comes to quality control, I want to keep a very close eye.

The notion that Anna would want something done "now" and not "shortly" is accurate.

There's no use being satisfied when things are done wrongly. I want perfection.

I want a woman to feel the cut of the scissors in the clothes.

When you program, you want to think you're writing the best possible program for the... for the task you're trying to solve.

Less really is more. It's a tendency of beginning writers to want to prove what they're talking about by going too far with description. I think you've got to keep it short, crisp and clean

Shooting is a lost art. I want to be one of the artists who is remembered for a long, long time.

I always wanted to direct. Directing is a lot more of a commitment though, a lot more time. I like directors who do very few takes, they know what they want.