Quotes About Precision

The difference was in the details.

The gun that scatters too much does not bag the birds.

Ever since I was a child, I've had the gut sense that there's a consciousness behind the universe. When I witness the precision of mathematics, the reliability of physics, and the symmetries of the cosmos, I don't feel like I'm observing cold science; I feel as if I'm seeing a living footprint…the shadow of some greater force that is just beyond our grasp.

When I witness the precision of mathematics, the reliability of physics, and the symmetries of the cosmos, I don't feel like I'm observing cold science; I feel as if I'm seeing a living footprint…the shadow of some greater force that is just beyond our grasp.

well-directed though is a learned skill

If you're going to break the rules, you might as well break them correctly.

It doesn't matter what you do, only how well you do it.

Now," she said. "Look at the tree again and create this expectation: 'I can hit the tree with ease.'" So I said it again---"I can hit the tree with ease." I felt a line of energy stretching from me to the tree and I knew the stone would follow that line to it's target....I took a breath and threw the stone. I saw it fly, attracted to the tree like a magnet. The stone hit the tree dead center.

Mark Twain once opined in his homey way: "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

He was, in other words, a careful man with careless impulses.

Philosophical poetry by moonlight was all right, but guns that shot straight and true were a necessity.

the difference between finding the right word as opposed to accepting the almost right word was the difference between being struck by lightning and merely watching a lightning display.

I discovered that the difference between finding the right word as opposed to accepting the almost right word was the difference between being struck by lightning and merely watching a lightning display.

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

During those long months of beginning my Cantos on Heaven's Gate, I discovered that the difference between finding the right word as opposed to accepting the almost right word was the difference between being struck by lightning and merely watching a lightning display.

Mark Twain once opined in his homey way: "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug." He was droll but incomplete. During those long months of beginning my Cantos on Heaven's Gate, I discovered that the difference between finding the right word as opposed to accepting the almost right word was the difference between being struck by lightning and merely watching a lightning display.

Precision about language can be really, really annoying. It can make you miss the point of what the other person is saying altogether.

"The smallest feline is a masterpiece."

I could make apple pie every single day. You need to be super precise in order for it to be perfect. I'm such a perfectionist that baking is calming for me. I've never burnt anything, thank God.

Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.

I'm always right.

Human progress is achieved by taking exact measurements.

I found a way of writing where every word was as dangerous as a stick of dynamite." – William Faulkner