Quotes About Precision

What's the problem? In a nutshell?" "I'm a medical specialist. We don't really do nutshells[.]

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time.

The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be.

But you don't even know how to destroy things wisely,' Zoltan griped, ordering yet another attempt to pull a wheel out of a hole. 'Why can't you remove the stones gradually, from the edges of the road? You're like children! Instead of eating a doughnut systematically, you gouge the jam out with a finger and then throw away the rest because it's not sweet any more.

It's the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous, technical element to it, which I like because you have to do very precise thinking. On the other hand, it has a wildly creative side where the boundaries of imagination are the only real limitation.

He never made a statement unless he was certain of its truth

Briefer is better, so learn to write tight

her judgement had been spoton.

I am intimidated by that eyeliner in a pot. You have to take a brush and wet it and then dip it in and get it straight. It's just a mess.

It's most difficult to bowl with wet ball.

Everything is repetition in baseball. When you get all out of whack and do something different, you feel weird.

I feel like my hand will be a little too high on the football sometimes and that will make the ball go out of whack sometimes.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

Whatever happens, happens because I'm trying to dot every 'I' and cross every 'T.'

There are times I'm approaching turns with my right hand on the brake lever, I'm downshifting with my fingers, I'm controlling the throttle with my left hand and steering into the corner with only one hand on the wheel. I feel a bit like Jimi Hendrix: I play with both my hands.

Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle.

I build engines and attach wheels to them.

A movie, it's like a very complicated timepiece. There's a lot of wheels in a watch. And some of those wheels, if they don't turn right, then, you know, the watch ain't gonna tell the time.

Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.

Whenever we create dishes, we work very carefully and ask ourselves, 'Is there anything on the dish that really doesn't make the dish better?' Then we eliminate that. We try to stay very focused on really showcasing everything on the plate so nothing gets lost.

Automation is good, so long as you know exactly where to put the machine.

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

Let me do it. You tell me when you want it and where you want it to land, and I'll do it backwards and tell you when to take off.

If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise.