Quotes About Precision

A thousand minus one is never a thousand

I'll just hit the dry side of the ball.

What is power without control?

There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.

Mathematics is the tool specially suited for dealing with abstract concepts of any kind and there is no limit to its power in this field.

Strange as it may sound, the power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental operations.

From the petal's edge a line startsthat being of steelinfinitely fine, infinitelyrigid penetratesthe Milky Waywithout contact—

Making or writing a movie, to me, is like building a watch because a watch is so small and you only can fit so many things inside it that all the pieces really do need to work together.

Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details.

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

Nothing is more beautiful than an organized width, and nothing is worse than an unorganized lapidary.

Speak in extremes, it'll save you time.

Great creative minds] think like artists but work like accountants.

It was the best show I'd ever seen; it was so tight and choreographed that it seemed to be from another planet, a planet where everyone was incredible.

Philosophy is surgery; surgery is philosophy.

Do not be alarmed by the minor inconsistencies in the syntax. They are meant to heighten your level of attention and thereby make you a better programmer.

To keep your human door sturdy, be careful not to cut within 3" of the bottom.

He understood that the key to success, the secret to it, was the mastery of the grunt work, all the little details.

Finding a needle in a haystack was not as hard as it sounded, if you had a thread tied to the needle.

Chess is infinite and one has to make only one ill-considered move, and one's opponents wildest dreams will become reality.

Sage advice about curves is go in slow, go out fast.

the clock is not merely a means of keeping track of the hours, but of synchronising the actions of men

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

God created everything by number, weight and measure.