Quotes About Precision

I write in freehand equivalents because measuring, to me, takes away from the creative process of cooking. Two turns of the pan with EVOO is about two tablespoons.

I love a lot of high speed turns, turns where you have to push yourself, force yourself to go fast. Then there's something telling your foot to lift off, because it's so fast, and it's impressive when you get that feeling and just drive on.

Once my pilot and I push and jump into the sled, I hold on for dear life in the back while she skillfully and hopefully quickly navigates the two of us down a mile of icy, often bumpy, sharp right and left turns. I then pull the brakes at the end.

The main challenge that television presents is that I have a tendency to say things with a great deal of precision and accuracy. Often a description of that sort, which will work in a book because people can read it slowly - they can turn the pages back and so on - doesn't really work on TV because it interrupts the flow of the moving image.

I'm so organised. I never screw up. I've done it maybe twice before. I check my calendar seven times a day.

If you're a skilled player, you want to use your skill, not just hit the puck.

I will make myself sick on films, just because you want everything to be right. I can't sleep if something hasn't been done or is out of place.

I watch the ball fiercely to see its height and speed off my opponent's racket so I can decide how I want to hit it.

I'm more of a perfectionist. I need to be sure everything is exactly where I would want it.

You're not turning the picture over to a system or a process, you are the process, and the most important thing is to have things exactly as you want them.

I measure everything, because I always think that if I've spent so much time making sure this recipe was exactly the way I want it, why would I want to throw things into a pot?

I'm a control freak with regards to certain aspects. I think you just have to be when you're making stuff in the world. You have to have a clear idea what you want.

To play well, you need good players, but a good player almost always has the problem of a lack of efficiency. He always wants to do things prettier than strictly necessary.

The thing about throwing a fastball is, you want it to be easy, you want it to be effortless.

I have five pitches. Fast ball, change, curve, slider, screwball. I don't know any hitters. Catcher, he tells me what to do. I can get any pitch I want over the plate.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I want to try it again and again, and a lot of times my fellow musicians have to hold me back and say, "Nah, I think we got it."

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.

When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is because of timing.

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...

Everything changed in Bosnia, when General Wesley Clark proved that you could fight a war with high- level precision air strikes and a bare minimum of ground action.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.

The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly among the spearmen.

Writing a picture book is like writing 'War and Peace' in Haiku.

to counter longing, pay attention to the present moment; to counter rage, invite sadness; and to reverse disheartenment, introduce an element of precision to your environment.