Quotes about Accuracy

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.

This message God was communicating to mankind, this Gospel of Jesus, was a message to the heart as much as to the head, that the methodology was as important as the message itself, that the message could not be presented accurately outside of the emotions within which these truths were embedded.

Let us never forget that truth, distorted and exaggerated, can become the mother of the most dangerous heresies.

Scientific accuracy confirms the Bible is the Word of God.

The New Testament is historically reliable. This is evidenced by: a. Early testimony b. Eyewitness testimony

It was as true… as turnips is. It was as true… as taxes is. And nothing's truer than them.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

I don't play accurately--any one can play accurately--but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music do not flourish.

The harder you work, the more confidence you get. But you may be working hard on something that is false.

The gun that scatters too much does not bag the birds.