Precision Quotes

I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can start with anything precise. You have to achieve such precision as you can, as you go along.

I think the lack of precision and deep focus is why it took me years to build up my work.

Everything changed in Bosnia, when General Wesley Clark proved that you could fight a war with high- level precision air strikes and a bare minimum of ground action.

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.

My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation.

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.

The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.

Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Dance must have a precision without fault.

Our troops are committed to bringing security to Iraq while its government matures. American forces will continue to accomplish their mission with caution, precision and honor with the thanks of a grateful nation.

Your instinct, rather than precision stabbing, is more about just random bludgeoning.

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.

I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in there and also understand that for every punch that you or your opponent throws there's always a counter shot or two which you have to be ready to fire or defend.

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.

The whole experience of doing a sitcom is... Telling jokes with such precision is really exciting, but it's also terrifying.

A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision.

Quiet people, people who aren't given to emotional outbursts, people who are economic with words - they're also fun to play, but you find yourself needing a laser precision in those roles. Otherwise you just sort of stand around, looking slightly brain-dead. You worry about being uninteresting.

But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity.

The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity.

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.

For me, being able to go anywhere you want, with an element of precision and control, has been the goal.

All I had to do was go out and perform. One of the hardest things was doing those back flips, where you had to jump up and land on the top rope. It's precision movement.

The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.

Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points.

I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and looseness.

I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit it, you're able to hit it with a couple of short sharp shots... it's a beautiful thing.

Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take my mind off things.

In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision.