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Quotes About Precision

You can tell when something is right because most things are just plain wrong.
~ Caroline Kepnes
Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; / Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all.
~ Carolyne Aarsen
Take a look at this there's no caking in the corners
~ Carpenter Greg Zanis
It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car.
~ Carroll Shelby
I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice.
~ Casey Stengel
A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands.
~ George R.R. Martin
More details, more devils.
~ George R.R. Martin
I like simple things well-done and have no time to philosophize.
~ George R.R. Martin
The runner who is in peak condition is only a razor's edge from catastrophe.
~ George Sheehan
An aside: I learned that the correct term is "Maya" and not "Mayan," which apparently refers only to the language. The incorrect term is in such common usage, however, that people often don't know what I'm talking about if I use
~ George Takei
?nsan gözü yeterince kesin bir 'ölçme aleti' de?ildir: Say?lar? do?rudan alg?lama gücü dört say?s?n? a?maz. Akdeniz K?y?lar?nda Hesap, s.82.
~ Georges Ifrah
I know I am getting better at golf because I'm hitting fewer spectators.
~ Gerald Ford
I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.
~ Gerald R. Ford
A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not improve.
~ Holmes
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
~ Samuel Butler
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanations.
~ Saki
The practice of medicine is a thinker's art, the practice of surgery a plumber's.
~ Martin H. Fisher
He could fiddle all the bugs off a sweet-potato vine.
~ Stephen Vincent Benet
The English never draw a line without blurring it.
~ Winston Churchill
It is all right to say exactly what you think if you have learned to think exactly.
~ Marcelene Cox
The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."
~ Winston Churchill
Quality, not quantity, is my measure.
~ Douglas Jerrold
Kiss principle: Keep it simple, stupid.
~ Anonymous
A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
~ Katharine Hepburn