Quotes About Precision

Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.

Animators have to live life 24 times as long as we do - every 24 frames of a second.

If one's life depends on doing something right, as in the case of the tightrope walker, one will practice on a much deeper level.

Be particular. That is, without a doubt, the Best Advice Ever Given in the History of the Entire World. Consider, if you will, the profound effect that following that advice would have on, say, your diet, your love life, your financial situation, your decision on whether to have that next drink. I mean, what do those two words not cover?

Even a broken clock gets it right occasionally.

I can airmail the golf ball, but sometimes I don't put the right address on it.

Be quick, but don't hurry.

The more exacting the challenge, the more rigorous our rituals need to be.

If your caddie coaches you on the tee, 'Hit it down the left side with a little draw,' ignore him. All you do on the tee is try not to hit the caddie.

Actually, the only time I ever took out a one-iron was to kill a tarantula. And it took a seven to do that.

Remember folks. Street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph.

An old adage states that less is more.

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

It always amazes me, how swiftly problems can be solved, once you start cutting things off people.

Words are weapons. They should be handled with proper care.

Tuning must come first. Each recital begins with a careful tightening of the pegs on the cross-bar, twisting them in their socket of red threads as each string is plucked and tested. He uses his thumb for this, softer and subtler than the plectrum, his head bent to the vibrating string and his lips slightly open, breathing quickly, as over the body of a lover.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

There is no real parallel to this in science, which abhors error, and which concerns matters in which naïveté cannot be distinguished from ignorance.

Everything felt better when you knew what time it was. Sixty seconds in a minute, sixty minutes in an hour. There was always order, if you knew where to look.

Terms that express likelihoods mean very different things to different people. Using ambiguous terms can lead to confusion and miscommunication with people you want to engage for help. Being more precise, by expressing probabilities as percentages, makes it more likely you'll uncover information that can correct inaccuracies in your beliefs and broaden your knowledge.

In addition to making precise (bull's-eye) estimates, offer a range around that estimate to express your uncertainty. Do this by including a lower and upper bound that communicate the size of your target.

Nunca he escrito para que sea bonito o para hacer una frase bella. Lo que yo escojo es la frase justa

Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by an occasional miracle

Don't be vague, ask for Haig.