Detail

(212 votes)   Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man.

Bertrand Russell
1872-1970, British Philosopher, Mathematician, Essayist

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(113 votes)   Carelessness is worse than a thieve.

Gaelic Proverbs
Sayings of Gaelic Origin

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(98 votes)   The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

Jean De La Fontaine
1621-1695, French Poet

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(97 votes)   Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains to make room for it.

Charles Caleb Colton
1780-1832, British Sportsman Writer

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(84 votes)   In a major matter no details are small.

Paul De Gondi

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(83 votes)   Details often kill initiative, but there have been few successful men who weren't good at details. Don't ignore details. Lick them.

William B. Given

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(83 votes)   Measure three times before you cut once.

Proverbs

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(80 votes)   The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing it exactly right.

Edward Simmons

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(76 votes)   Many blunder in business through inability or an unwillingness to adopt new ideas. I have seen many a success turn to failure also, because the thought which should be trained on big things is cluttered up with the burdensome detail of little things.

Philip Delaney

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