Precision Quotes

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Dance must have a precision without fault.

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.

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.

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.

I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills.

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.

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

While I don't script and I don't use other performers, I think my taste for underlying precision gives me something in common with Allan and George Brecht.

In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.

Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.

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

By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.

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.

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

Precision is not one of the qualities that comes out in my work.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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