Best 89 quotes in «accurate quotes» category

That was one attribute in a man that Zane respected above all others. Especially since he had trouble displaying it himself.

REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.

the Code [of the National Association of Broadcasters]. . . . also deals briefly with the presentation of news in a fair and accurate manner. In general, the handling of news largely consists in the accuracy and speed with which it is gathered and distributed, with freedom from editorial bias in its selection and presentation.

The history of the astronomy of the nineteenth century will be incomplete without a catalogue of his labours. He was one of the founders of the Astronomical Society, and his attention to its affairs was as accurate and minute as if it had been a firm of which he was the chief clerk, with expectation of being taken into partnership.

The first thing we have to do,” I told Luke the next day, “is find a nice place we can rent or sublet. Should we focus on the downtown area? Montrose? Or would you be open to finding something close by in Sugar Land? We could always go to Austin, but we’d have to take care to avoid you-know-who. And it’s a lot more expensive to rent in Austin.” Luke looked contemplative, sucking slowly on the bottle as if he were mulling the possibilities. “Are you thinking it over?” I asked him. “Or are you working on another dirty diaper?” -Ella & Luke

the past was a worthless human ability that had evolved for the sole purpose of reminding mortals of their mistakes.

The only safe guide is the Bible. It is the revelation of a God who has infinite knowledge and can therefore give you absolute truth. God has given you a revelation that is robust and complete. It presents an accurate and comprehensive picture of children, parents, family life, values, training, nurture, and discipline - all you need to be equipped for the task of parenting.

There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil - a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.

Always dress to what is accurate to who and what you are.

Progress is impossible without accurate planning.

You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants a magical solution to their problem, and everyone refuses to believe in magic.

A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.

All information is treated equally; only an accurate argument will work.

And, since the model he faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture, since the picture is going to be there on its own, it is of no interest whether it is an accurate copy of the model.

An addict is an addict. If they're not acting out in one area, it tends to come out in another. I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate.

As far as the press is concerned, they're going to say what they want to say. Probably about 10-15 percent of the time It's accurate.

Any librarian or scholar will tell you: Close is not the same as accurate.

Be fair. Don't present your version of the truth to others. Lose your ulterior motives! Be accurate and pure in your presentation of the way, and you will become the way.

Fiction is not a dream. Nor is it guesswork. It is imagining based on facts, and the facts must be accurate or the work of imagining will not stand up.

Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.

Comedy isn't polite and it isn't correct and it isn't accurate, even. It's just a mess. So that's the way that I approach it.

For a poet he threw a very accurate milk bottle.

Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.

History may be accurate. But archaeology is precise.

I don't see Jian [Ghomeshi] as an enemy. What [Marie Henein] was saying about how I hate him - I'm like, that's not accurate.

I don't think we can dignify documents dumped by Wikileaks and just assume that they're all accurate and true.

If the authors and custodians of history turn out to have an attractive image, it is only reasonable to look beyond and ask whether the image they construct is accurate.

I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.

I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.

I'm a very rational person but I pray every day.

IMDB's not the most accurate. Even my birth place and my age are wrong there.

I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be accurate.

I think if you look back at my projections and my prognostications, they turn out to be very, very accurate.

Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.

In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.

I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate.

I think things can have more than one meaning and still connect with people. There's a lot of meaning to the title 'Music For People' and they're all true and they're all accurate.

It is very difficult to make an accurate prediction, especially about the future.

It's hard to put my music in a specific genre, but if you had to, "instrumental cyber metal" would be an accurate one.

I wish to God I knew as much about writing as I did when I was 19. I was absolutely certain about most things then. Also, I suspect, more accurate.

I've always felt that actors in my experience have a very good and accurate instinct about whether something feels right or not. They just have a sense because they have to literally do it.

Ive never had any interest at all in being a journalist or writing some sort of historically accurate autobiography.

My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate.

Of all the many memoirs by former Soviet officials, Palazchenko's is among the best written and also the most objective. Even his descriptions of U.S. policy are more accurate and judicious than those of some American scholars.

Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine.

Nothing matches the holiness and fascination of accurate and intricate detail.

Only accurate rifles are interesting

Order - the accurate arrangement of things - increases productivity. Productivity decides rewards.

poetry is the sung voice of accurate perception.

Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.