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Quotes About Exhaustiveness

The last rule was to make enumerations so complete, and reviews so comprehensive, that I should be certain of omitting nothing.
~ Rene Descartes
And the last, in every case to make enumerations so complete, and reviews so general, that I might be assured that nothing was omitted.
~ Rene Descartes
When you're writing theology, you have to say everything all the time, otherwise people think you've deliberately missed something out.
~ N. T. Wright
During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late.
~ Henri Cartier-Bresson
I made 'True Detective' like it was going to be the only thing I ever made for television. So put in everything and the kitchen sink. Everything.
~ Nic Pizzolatto
If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all.
~ Massimo Pigliucci