Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nature is full of drama. I know nothing about biology, about birds, about insects, about the details of politics. I just make movies about human interest stories.

Pat Roberts

I can't really tell you some of the more specific details that would make your eyebrows even raise higher,

I don't remember the details (of the presentation), ... but I know I was impressed.

There are many details about this person and how she died that may be known only to her killer and little by little by us.

Sinclair Lewis

. . . she did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them . . .

Ehud Barak

shaping the overall strategy and the details of how to move forward.

I don't know all of the details yet. Put me at that table, and I will be your voice.

Tom Coburn

The proof, of course, will be in the details of how we stay together,

We don't have a lot of details as to what kinds of tests were done, but we are obviously keen to have the samples sent abroad.

Watch every detail that affects the accuracy of your work.

We're not going into details on the specifics of the processor other than to say we're not satisfied with the quality right now.

Nic Pizzolatto

'True Detective' is a densely layered work with resonant details and symbology and rich characterization under the guise of one of the forms of this mystery genre. That's what we shoot for.

We worked late into the evening last night and it's a competitive process. We're still working on the final details of the contract.

We are not able to discuss details in an ongoing homicide.

The problem is you can't share these details when you have operational leads. It takes time.

We don't have the details but we can be outraged in general.

Nancy Horan

So this was the big secret historians keep to themselves: historical research is wildly seductive and fun. There's a thrill in the process of digging, then piecing together details like a puzzle.

Charles Stanley

If God has positioned us in a certain place, we must leave all the details to Him.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I am drawn, as a reader, to detail-drenched stories about human lives affected as much by the internal as by the external, the kind of fiction that Jane Smiley nicely describes as 'first and foremost about how individuals fit, or don't fit, into their social worlds.'

Edward Gibbon

The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events.

What we're seeing right now is most likely stage one, with other details to come in the near future.

What makes life most difficult is the media intrusion, ... I think the public has gotten more and more greedy for the intimate details of their lives. These people are exposed to scrutiny 24 hours a day. We feel we have a right to know. We feel it's in the public interest. Even pop stars get more privacy. We just want to know every last detail. They are living in a goldfish bowl. And it never goes away.

Diane Ackerman

I am a great fan of the universe, which I take literally: as one. All of it interests me, and it interests me in detail.

Ashwin Sanghi

When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.

Cobi Jones

I've been working on my finishing for quite some time. It's just a question of paying attention to the minor details.

Ben Goldacre

Transparency and detail are everything in science.

The plunge in durable goods orders in January is entirely due to volatility in transportation. The underlying details of this report are much stronger than the headline.

Roger Clemens

just to try and look at the details of everything that happened.

We are gaining information on the differences and similarities between viral mechanisms and eukaryotic mechanisms. Getting to the molecular details of these gets to the possibility of learning one mechanism versus the other so you can try and stop (the virus from attacking) the human cell.

He refused to elaborate; he wouldn't give any details as to what that meant.

Having a third party know all of the news you read is troublesome enough. It gives away key details about your beliefs, your opinions and your interests.

Robert Esche

He's a great man. I like him a lot. Obviously, stuff will come out. I don't really know the details of it. But I do know he is a good man.

Ann Beattie

Her prose has become known for its vivid particularity, the details of the way we live.