Famous Quotes & Sayings

You'd be surprised to know how long we've taken to go over the little details that to some people would seem like a waste of time. But we want to get it right.

We will be reducing the price, though exact details are being worked out.

This was the last test before the end of the season, so the work we've done here will be very important for the remaining six races. We didn't test any big things, just some small details which are important for us.

This was a disgrace. No details were provided to the executive board. (Toussaint) wants us to discuss the details after Christmas.

Jodi Picoult

Life is not a plot; it's in the details.

Jodi Picoult

Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it.

Louis Kronenberger

Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about.

Matt Damon

He's famous for being obsessive about details.

John Green

He knew he couldn't tell stories, that he always included extraneous details & tangents that interested only him.

Oswald Chambers

Nothing in our lives is a mere insignificant detail to God.

Joel Edgerton

The downside to making movies at a gallop like we did with 'Wish You Were Here' is that we're shooting four or five scenes in a day, and it's very exhilarating, but you worry at the end of the day that you missed some details because you were moving too quick, and you just gotta trust and be ready straightaway.

The frustrating thing for us is when we try to find out when it actually occurred (closure to swimming, fishing or drinking), we couldn't get those details from the state.

Laurie Anderson

Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so huge, something they've wanted all their life, yet they know when they find it, it will kill them.

Terry Pratchett

Perhaps, if you knew you were going to die, your senses crammed in as much detail as they could while they still had the chance...

Terry Goodkind

Emotions are the sums created by details, whether those details are true or not.

Tite Kubo

I swear. Everyone here gets so worked up over the most minute details. ~Mayuri Kurotsuchi

Wes Anderson

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.

William Strunk, Jr.

The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers - Homer, Dante, Shakespeare - are effective largely because they deal in particulars and report the details that matter. Their words call up pictures.

William James

No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.

William Feather

Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.

Yehudi Menuhin

To be an outstanding musician, you have to be very attentive to the smallest detail and willing to have infinite patience in the pursuit of your ideal. You require absolute control and professionalism.