Quotes with precision

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  • Bruno Walter By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.
    Bruno Walter
     
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  • E. B. White Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.
    E. B. White
    American writer (1899 - 1985)
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  • Bertrand Russell 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.
    Source: The Philosophy of Logical Atomism
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Michael Ondaatje I think precision in writing goes hand in hand with not trying to say everything. You try and say two-thirds, so the reader will involve himself or herself.
    Michael Ondaatje
    Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer (1943 - )
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  • Italo Calvino In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.
    Italo Calvino
    Italian writer (1923 - 1985)
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  • Aristotle It is the mark of an instructed mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness when only an approximation of the truth is possible.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Ben Goldacre Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transparency: you explain your theory, set out your evidence, and reference the studies that support your case.
    Ben Goldacre
    British physician, academic (1974 - )
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  • Ben Goldacre Science isn't about authority or white coats; it's about following a method. That method is built on core principles: precision and transparency; being clear about your methods; being honest about your results; and drawing a clear line between the results, on the one hand, and your judgment calls about how those results support a hypothesis.
    Ben Goldacre
    British physician, academic (1974 - )
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  • Benjamin Bratt Well, for me, the real excitement of doing physical things in films, whether you're talking about a fight scene or a stunt sequence or even a love scene, for that matter, is by necessity it has to be choreographed very much like a dance. That being said, you have to rehearse it over and over again and find a mathematical precision.
    Benjamin Bratt
    American actor, producer, and activist (1963 - )
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  • Barry Ritholtz Whenever I see a forecast written out to two decimal places, I cannot help but wonder if there is a misunderstanding of the limitations of the data, and an illusion of precision.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Thomas Alva Edison 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.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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