Quotes about Detail

Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail. Votes: 3

Detail is the heart of realism, and the fatty degeneration of art. Votes: 3

Details are our business as writers. Your heart leaps when you see a detail that can go somewhere Votes: 3

Defeat Them in Detail: The Divide and Conquer Strategy. Look at the parts and determine how to control the individual parts, create dissension and leverage it. Votes: 3

Caress the detail, the divine detail. Votes: 2

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify. Votes: 2

The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail. Votes: 2

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. Votes: 2

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution. Votes: 2

The detail is as important as the essential is. When it is inadequate, it destroys the whole outfit. Votes: 2

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv. Votes: 2

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end. Votes: 2

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail. Votes: 2

Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature. Votes: 2

Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as failing to be polite, you start to lose substance. Votes: 2

I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize them as a human being, no matter what they've done. Votes: 2

Balzac's ambition was to be omnipotent. He would be Michelangelesque, and that by sheer force of minuteness. He exaggerated scientifically, and made things gigantic by a microscopic fulness of detail. Votes: 2

When you sketch a shoe but don't have the intention to do a proper shoe, it remains a curvy sketch with no detail. The shoe completely morphs to the body. Votes: 2

When I'm writing, I am concentrating almost wholly on concrete detail: the color a room is painted, the way a drop of water rolls off a wet leaf after a rain. Votes: 2

If I try to articulate every little detail in a drawing, it would be like missing the forest for the trees, so it's just about getting the outline of the forest. Votes: 2

I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings. Votes: 2

My height doesn't define my skill set. To be a great quarterback, you have to have great leadership, great attention to detail and a relentless competitive nature - and I try to bring that on a daily basis. Votes: 2

It is hard, I submit, to loathe bloodshed, including war, more than I do, but it is still harder to exceed my loathing of the very nature of totalitarian states in which massacre is only an administrative detail. Votes: 2

The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow. Votes: 2

The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to present masses of detail of doubtful truth and questionable weight in such a way as to obscure principles. Votes: 2

My brain power depends on my retained mastery of analyzing in detail what's happening in my world and in my mind and body. I must continue to practice to retain my constructive and analytic powers. The goal is to be a master of my environment. Votes: 2

There are divisions between a culinary chef and a dessert chef, also called a pastry chef. There are specializations within the pastry chef field. Some pastry chefs specialize in baking breads, while others are master cake designers. Each field requires an exceptional level of creativity and attention to detail. Votes: 2

I think to be a great quarterback, you have to have a great leadership, great attention to detail, and a relentless competitive nature. And that's what I try to bring to the table, and I have a long way to go. I'm still learning, and I'm still on a constant quest for knowledge. Votes: 2

Really good writing, from my perspective, runs a lot like a visual on the screen. You need to create that kind of detail and have credibility with the reader, so the reader knows that you were really there, that you really experienced it, that you know the details. That comes out of seeing. Votes: 2

Let your mind see every detail of your own special version of the very best that life can be. If you could make the world exactly to your liking, consider very specifically just how that world would be. If you could spend your time doing precisely what you wish, how would the moments of your life be lived? Votes: 2

I'm obsessively detail-oriented. Votes: 0

I spot detail quickly. Votes: 0

[Warren Beatty] is voraciously detail-oriented. Votes: 0

Passion makes every detail important. Votes: 0

...and time becomes a forgotten detail. Votes: 0

The devil is in the detail. Votes: 0

Transparency and detail are everything in science. Votes: 0

The smaller the detail the greater the value. Votes: 0

I'm prickly. I fuss over every single detail. Votes: 0

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. Votes: 0

We think in generalities, but we live in detail. Votes: 0

Good design is thorough, down to the last detail. Votes: 0

I love a story that balances pace with detail. Votes: 0

I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail. Votes: 0

Be in love with your life, every detail of it. Votes: 0

Watch every detail that affects the accuracy of your work. Votes: 0

Watch every detail that affects the accuracy of your work. Votes: 0

I so admire great writing done quickly, with great detail. Votes: 0

Faithfulness to principle is only proved by faithfulness in detail. Votes: 0

I think in any writing you're paying attention to detail. Votes: 0

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail Votes: 0

The artist should fear to become the slave of detail. Votes: 0

Radar is too long in the tooth for fine detail. Votes: 0

Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories. Votes: 0

Nothing matches the holiness and fascination of accurate and intricate detail. Votes: 0

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail. Votes: 0

The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events. Votes: 0

Realism: the wealth of detail guarantees the truth of the tale. Votes: 0

Nothing in our lives is a mere insignificant detail to God. Votes: 0

The correct word is like any small detail - it enhances life. Votes: 0

The directors [who know every detail] make films that are complete, basically. Votes: 0

Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect. Votes: 0

The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail. Votes: 0

[Donald] Trump is a big visionary guy, not a detail guy, obviously. Votes: 0

I'm an incredibly hard worker, I'm incredibly tenacious, and I'm incredibly detail-oriented. Votes: 0

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail. Votes: 0

Success in any endeavor requires single-minded attention to detail and total concentration. Votes: 0

For me, when I read a book, I'm very much about detail. Votes: 0

I like the comedians that go into detail and tell longer stories. Votes: 0

It's attention to detail that makes the difference between average and stunning, Votes: 0

It's a proprietary strategy. I can't go into it in great detail. Votes: 0

We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence. Votes: 0

No detail of your life is too insignificant for your heavenly Father's attention. Votes: 0

You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him. Votes: 0

Every little detail to every little movement must be perfect. Perfection in movement. Votes: 0

I learned no detail was too small. It was all about the details. Votes: 0

First rule of bodyguard detail: know where your 'body' is at all times. Votes: 0

Attention to detail is of utmost importance when you want to look good. Votes: 0

In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention. Votes: 0

If you look up every last detail on your subject, you'll never finish. Votes: 0

I don't like stories where I'm being given pages and pages of detail. Votes: 0

Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture. Votes: 0

My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults. Votes: 0

I try to really take my art serious, and pay attention to detail. Votes: 0

My lyrics are my diary - you're hearing every detail of my life. Votes: 0

The personal was, compared with the tides of great nations, a bothersome detail. Votes: 0

A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail. Votes: 0

No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends. Votes: 0

In pure architecture the smallest detail should have a meaning or serve a purpose. Votes: 0

When you pay attention to detail, the big picture will take care of itself. Votes: 0

Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy. Votes: 0

I am as much interested in the smallest detail as in the whole structure. Votes: 0

All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish. Votes: 0

Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail. Votes: 0

Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all. Votes: 0

Seeing consists of the grasping of structural features rather than the indiscriminate recording of detail. Votes: 0

Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail. Votes: 0

Fastidious attention to detail makes the difference between an OK service and first class service. Votes: 0

Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative. Votes: 0

The understanding eye sees the maker's fingerprints. They are evident in every detail ... Leave Fingerprints. Votes: 0

Beneath all the wealth of detail in a geological map lies an elegant, orderly simplicity. Votes: 0

The special quality of hell is to see everything clearly down to the last detail. Votes: 0

Too much detail is apt, like any other form of extravagance, to become slightly vulgar. Votes: 0

Superficially insignificant or accidental looking detail (in art) may well carry the most important unconscious symbolism. Votes: 0

Another thing all writers have in common is we're all observers. We pay attention to detail. Votes: 0

Everything that David Chase does has a tremendous amount of specificity. He is very detail oriented. Votes: 0

Man is not committed in detail by his biological constitution to any particular variety of behavior. Votes: 0

The devil is in the details, and everything we do in the military is a detail. Votes: 0

Imagination applied to the whole world is vapid in comparison to imagination applied to a detail. Votes: 0

Female can understand more detail and really care for the consequence and understand all the process. Votes: 0

A sure sign of an amateur is too much detail to compensate for too little life. Votes: 0

People who imagine themselves to be self-made seldom enjoy examining the process of manufacture in detail. Votes: 0

I don't want to lose too much of the mystery by hammering every detail to death. Votes: 0

So, while fitting in, she was like a wicked detail standing out against a placid background. Votes: 0

I don't want to make public statements about issues that I have not studied in detail. Votes: 0

all to no end save beauty the eternal-- So in detail they, the crowd, are beautiful Votes: 0

God sovereignly controls every detail of your life, which should be a great comfort to you. Votes: 0

Susanne Alleyn's Game of Patience is a well-crafted historical mystery, authentic in every detail. Wonderfully entertaining. Votes: 0

I look for ambiguous messages to illustrate...I like some detail but not too much detail. Votes: 0

In some instances, the accuracy of past-life memories can be objectively verified, sometimes with remarkable detail. Votes: 0

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece. Votes: 0

Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding. Votes: 0

Whatever the ups and downs of detail within our limited experience, the larger whole is primarily beautiful. Votes: 0

Personal revelation, consecration of performance, attention to detail, and dependency on God-with these qualities you cannot fail. Votes: 0

People never remeber happiness with the care that they lavish on preserving every detail of their suffering. Votes: 0

Yeah, I have the detail-obsessed, controlling personality of a novelist, but I somehow ended up writing plays. Votes: 0

You cant be a practicing attorney without being very disciplined and detail-oriented and having good time management. Votes: 0

You can't be a practicing attorney without being very disciplined and detail-oriented and having good time management. Votes: 0

I'm up to my hairline in planning. It's a lot, especially when you're a woman of detail, Votes: 0

I may not have a practical mind, but it's very fixated on concrete things. I like detail. Votes: 0

In every detail a city should reflect that human beings are sacred and that they are equal, Votes: 0

The man who is too set to change is dead already. The funeral is a mere detail. Votes: 0

The world is just - it's wonderful when you look at all the detail. It's just amazing. Votes: 0

In painting, detail for the sake of itself is useless. It must have relevance to the whole. Votes: 0

See every crack, every detail. I learned to really see and not just look at my business. Votes: 0

Imagination helps bring out the realism of every detail and only sees the beauties of the work. Votes: 0

Simple ingredients can be used to make elegant dishes with just a little extra attention to detail. Votes: 0

When a problem threatens to engulf you, there's nothing like irrelevant detail to keep your head above water. Votes: 0

Male and female gossip also sounds different, as women use more animated tones, more detail and more feedback. Votes: 0

The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail. Votes: 0

Large enterprises make the few rich, but the majority prosper only through the carefulness and detail of thrift. Votes: 0

The tantras are ancient sacred books of India and Tibet. The tantras detail specific means for attaining liberation. Votes: 0

The tantras are ancient sacred books of India and Tibet. The tantras detail specific means for attaining liberation. Votes: 0

Do not fight the thing in detail: turn from it. Look ONLY at your Lord. Sing. Read. Work. Votes: 0

I'm tempted to do everything. And sometimes I think, "Oh, come on. You can stick that detail somewhere." Votes: 0

The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. Votes: 0

Attention to detail can't be (and never is) added later. It's an entire development philosophy, methodology, and culture. Votes: 0

To be a convincing story, you've got to know what you're talking about. In EVERY detail."-Rayner Unwin Votes: 0

Girls talk to each other like men talk to each other. But girls have an eye for detail. Votes: 0

I have always loved beautiful leather objects, especially the detail that goes into designing them both inside and out. Votes: 0

To be memorable and to have dramatic impact, informational detail must function actively within the dynamic of a story. Votes: 0

My life is a rather grim one. One day I shall perhaps describe it to you in great detail. Votes: 0

There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking. Votes: 0

Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail. Votes: 0

I'm very detail oriented. I think that's why people enjoy my memoirs - because I tend to remember everything. Votes: 0

We envy others, for we see their lives in broad outline, while forced to live ours in every detail. Votes: 0

How few people will realize how much detail had to be gone into before Bakelite was a commercial success. Votes: 0

We are going to have a huge Oscar issue, you are going to see everything in such beautiful detail. Votes: 0

I couldn't tell you in any detail how my computer works. I use it with a layer of automation. Votes: 0

Money is the most corrosive aspect of life today because it means that all attention to detail is forgotten. Votes: 0

He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession. Votes: 0

Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it. Votes: 0

What is fashion? It's discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail. Votes: 0

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie. Votes: 0

The whole experience of being hit by a bullet is very interesting and I think worth describing in detail. Votes: 0

When it comes to art, money is an unimportant detail. It just happens to be a huge unimportant detail. Votes: 0

Man is a magnet, and every line and dot and detail of his experiences come by his own attraction. Votes: 0

Verisimilitude is something I am constantly seeking in fiction. I am looking for surface detail that makes something seem real. Votes: 0

There is the flash in the pan, the sudden success. But continued success is dependent upon tremendous attention to detail. Votes: 0

There is the flash in the pan, the sudden success. But continued success is dependent upon tremendous attention to detail. Votes: 0

A knowledge of and the ability to properly and quickly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and cover every little detail. Votes: 0

Without knowing every single detail in a man's life, we cannot judge whether he is a good person or not! Votes: 0

I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive. Votes: 0

In mixed company women practise a kind of visual shorthand that they later decode in detail in other women's company. Votes: 0

Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization. Votes: 0

Pay close attention to detail in whatever it is you are doing. Be specific and expect quality from your performance. Votes: 0

Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about. Votes: 0

All religions were, at bottom, one, though they differed in detail and outward form like the leaves on a tree. Votes: 0

Alligator: The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World. Votes: 0

I mean, I think it would humanize Hillary [Clinton] incredibly to detail how she was involved in the family charitable organization. Votes: 0

It's amazing how much detail Catholics will go into documenting why people shouldn't do the things that they all do anyway. Votes: 0

The minister expressed appreciation for the offer, and our embassy in Uzbekistan will be following up in more detail with them Votes: 0

The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail. Votes: 0

What a character eats is a detail - like eye color or a favorite song. But food is also our lifeblood. Votes: 0

A tiny detail can make you feel completely different. I feel different if I wear something that I'm slightly uncomfortable in. Votes: 0

We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail. Votes: 0

The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real, Votes: 0

I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it. Votes: 0

It's a great privilege to be able to play that much. When you play a lot, you can be really detail-oriented. Votes: 0

There is space for a different kind of investigative reporting that's about immersion and obsessive attention to detail and deep listening. Votes: 0

"ŽBe careful not to keep your eyes glued to detail. Stand far enough away to get a perspective of the whole. Votes: 0

Prayer is partnership with God in His planet-sized purposes, and includes the "all things" beside, as an important detail of the whole. Votes: 0

The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail Votes: 0

The contradictory, consuming, contested relationship between detail and whole, event an eventuality, breathes fire and wisdom in every great work of art. Votes: 0

Keep the people ignorant and afraid and control and power becomes a detail - a self generating byproduct of the people's hysteria. Votes: 0

I won't go into detail but this animated one, the story line is very cool and the kids seem to love it. Votes: 0

The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy. Votes: 0

My life has appeared unclothed in court, detail by detail, death-bone witness by death-bone witness, and I was shamed at the verdict.... Votes: 0

We can all see God in exceptional things, but it requires the culture of spiritual discipline to see God in every detail. Votes: 0

Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature. Votes: 0

I like to push myself to achieve a certain quality, eliminate the excess detail. I always want a high degree of purity. Votes: 0

The music that of common speech but slanted so that each detail sounds unexpected as a sharp inserted in a simple scale. Votes: 0

It's beyond the grasp of anyone's memory to recall conversations in kind of [memoir] detail. So it's fake. It's all made up. Votes: 0

For me science is not different from art, except in the one small, crucial detail that experiments speak their own truths, not ours. Votes: 0

Nothing is more consonant with Nature than that she puts into operation in the smallest detail that which she intends as a whole. Votes: 0

Learn from cinema. Be economic with descriptions. Sort out the telling detail from the lifeless one. Write dialogue that people would actually speak. Votes: 0

I've managed to include only enough historical detail to give the "flavor" of the time period while keeping the characters and story focal. Votes: 0

I'm not an easy customer. My attention to detail could probably drive you mad. My eye still always goes toward the single flaw. Votes: 0

No two books come out the same way. Some I write by the seat of my pants; others are planned in minute detail. Votes: 0

What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak? Votes: 0

Whilst I love still hiding... games and puzzles to play, I'm not as imprisoned by that need to fill every corner with detail. Votes: 0

When you have passion it changes your perspective on things, you want every tiny detail to be right. You wanna give your all. Votes: 0

I am someone who places great value on the detail. That was always the case, even in my days as a racing driver. Votes: 0

I also think when it comes to delivering on Brexit, we need someone with a passion but also the mastery of the detail. Votes: 0

If Swaraj is to be had by peaceful methods, it will only be attained by attention to every little detail of national life. Votes: 0

The first step in innovation is to know that a thing can be created. After that, the rest is a matter of detail. Votes: 0

Tom's [Brady] personal preferences on his footballs are something he can take about in much better detail and information than I could possibly provide. Votes: 0

Sometimes minor details can have a huge impact. If you don't devote 100 percent of your efforts to every detail, you immediately run into difficulties. Votes: 0

A lot of our entertainment throws into detail the stagnation and illness of how we live today-it's sad and it's sick... and it's profitable. Votes: 0

Paris... is a world meant for the walker alone, for only the pace of strolling can take in all the rich (if muted) detail. Votes: 0

In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies. Votes: 0

Anyone who teaches knows that you don't really experience a text until you've taught it, in loving detail, with an intelligent and responsive class. Votes: 0

Although the detail of our sexual energies and their objects and objectives vastly vary, the existence of our sexuality itself is an undeniable truth. Votes: 0

I take my personal upkeep real seriously; my sense of organization and attention to detail; my memory; my business - I love the business. Votes: 0

Memory is the most malicious cutter of all, preserving, recasting, panning in slow motion across the awful bits so that we retain every detail. Votes: 0

How guilt refined the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of detail into an eternal loop, a rosary to be fingered for a lifetime. Votes: 0

No one has ever used historical examples, near or remote, with the detail, precision, and directness to be found in every page of Shaw. Votes: 0

Writing is like painting. You sketch it, add colour, add depth and detail. You give it a final layer and then hang it proudly. Votes: 0

It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance... Votes: 0

Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be. Votes: 0

You can read ten books and finally come across one detail, and it's like, "now everything else makes sense. Now I know where I am." Votes: 0

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives. Votes: 0

I love the detail about the workings of the human heart and mind that only fiction can provide - film can't get in close enough. Votes: 0

I'm saying is that I hope that you drill in with the same detail with his [Donald Trump] team as you're drilling in with ours. Votes: 0

Linebacker is a lot more detail oriented and you have to know a lot more than a defensive end necessarily would on any given play. Votes: 0

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... Votes: 0

A German wine label is one of the things life's too short for, a daunting testimony to that peculiar nation's love of detail and organization. Votes: 0

The social side of Washington was to be taken for granted as three-fourths of existence. Politics and reform became the detail, and waltzing the profession Votes: 0

We must not forget that all great revolutions and reformations would look mean and meagre if examined in detail as they occurred at the time. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

One is healthy when one can laugh at the earnestness and zeal with which one has been hypnotized by any single detail of one's life. Votes: 0

Too much detail can bog down any story. Enough with the history of gunpowder, the geology of Hawaii, the processes of whaling, and cactus and tumbleweed. Votes: 0

The well being of democracies regardless of their type and status is dependent on one small technical detail: The right to vote. Everything else is secondary. Votes: 0

You'll be alive', he pointed out. 'That's what matters. Enjoy what you have, every little detail of wherever you are. Don't focus on where you aren't. Votes: 0

Personal power is really the issue. It is only through tremendous attention to detail that you will be able to gain personal power and searing self-honesty. Votes: 0

I'm very detail oriented. Everything that takes a lot of dedication and creativity I do in the morning when there is light and I'm really concentrated. Votes: 0

But flowers feed our soul in a different way. They remind us of a God who creates beautiful things and takes notice of the tiniest detail Votes: 0

So if you want a culture where people work hard, & pay attention to detail, focus on the customer, are frugal: you have to do it yourself. Votes: 0

It is this third consequence that has been elaborated in greatest detail and has formed one of the most significant pillars of historical capitalism, institutional racism. Votes: 0

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person. Votes: 0

Clutter is not an attribute of information, clutter is a failure of design...fix the design rather than stripping all the detail out of the map. Votes: 0

Familiar life, tending to sordidness, had been succeeded by remote life, generally idealized; historical detail had been brought in to teach readers who were being entertained. Votes: 0

In computer animation, every detail has to be thought out, designed, modeled, shaded, placed and lit. The more you add, the more computer memory you need. Votes: 0

Salinger is a master of the memorable detail, the seemingly random gesture, the debris of mundane daily operations, the stuff that is left out of any analysis. Votes: 0

Here's a Challenge: Study a complicated topic in such detail that anyone interested can nod their head and understand as you explain specific concepts within the topic. Votes: 0

Everything in journalism is about the detail that makes the whole, the attempts to reproduce speech patterns while not actually quoting the whole thing the person said. Votes: 0

When I was 10, we drove to Disney World. When we arrived, what impressed me most was the meticulous attention to detail; there wasn't a gum wrapper anyplace. Votes: 0

I see myself as the mind of the business which takes care of every last detail; if you do not do this you cannot be fast enough. Votes: 0

It is also possible for the unconscious or an archetype to take complete possession of a man and to determine his fate down to the smallest detail Votes: 0

Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work. Votes: 0

all pleasures should be taken in great leisure and are worth going into in detail; love is not like eating a quick lunch with one's hat on. Votes: 0

Just because someone thinks they remember something in detail, with confidence and with emotion, does not mean that it actually happened, .. False memories have these characteristics too. Votes: 0

I have said and I repeat, at the risk of being sacrilegious, that the gas chambers are a detail of the history of the Second World War. Votes: 0

I love anything really feminine. I love any sort of girly detail - anything with a bow or a heart on it, I'm immediately in love with. Votes: 0

Peter Aykroyd has a wonderful eye for the telling detail, cameos that stick in the mind. Thse are the little touches that make it past come alive. Votes: 0

Through conscious beings the universe has generated self-awareness. This can be no trivial detail, no minor byproduct of mindless, purposeless forces. We are truly meant to be here. Votes: 0

An effective leader develops the ability to correctly identify the pertinent detail or details - incidentals in a market, industry or sport that might create an incremental advantage. Votes: 0

I don't think I've ever dared to write down what I see in the ruins of me, or tell in any detail the scars and all their secrets. Votes: 0

It's reached this point where people are fascinated by every intricate detail of other people's lives. And some people are willing to give up their lives like that. Votes: 0

Ooo," said Alexia, fascinated, "it shrinks back down again. The books didn't detail that occurrence." The earl laughed. "You must show me these books of yours. Votes: 0

One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character. Votes: 0

Comedy historians take note: this Gottfried character doesn't have the best eye for detail - and, for a Jew, he doesn't have the best eye for retail, either. Votes: 0

Always keep the big picture in mind- you are greatly loved by Jesus and your job is to love Him and others in return. The rest is detail. Votes: 0

I love detail, like drawing what's on top of someone's coffee table. Maybe there's a little bowl of butterscotch candies on it, next to the four TV remotes. Votes: 0

a perfectly managed Christmas correct in every detail is, like basted inside seams and letters answered by return, a sure sign of someone who hasn't enough to do. Votes: 0

I sketch in a way that people can nearly do the dresses without me coming in for a fitting. Every single detail, every proportion, every cut -- everything. Votes: 0

My fancy dress costume of choice is... something 1920s or 30s, when there was still so much elegance and attention to detail. An excuse for ultimate dressing-up indulgence. Votes: 0

We think in generalities, but we live in detail. To make the past live, we must perceive it in detail in addition to thinking of it in generalities. Votes: 0

As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and - above all - how hard you work set the stage for how your players perform. Votes: 0

Indeed, if communist central planners could have organized the economy with as much detail, precision, and flexibility as a modern-day Toyota or Wal-Mart, communism would probably still exist. Votes: 0

Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a picture, its every detail is expressive. Votes: 0

As soon as you go into any biological process in any real detail, you discover it's open-ended in terms of what needs to be found out about it. Votes: 0

It is by being fully involved with every detail of our lives, whether good or bad, that we find happiness, not by trying to look for it directly. Votes: 0

Lawyers tend to be bright people. They tend to be-much more than many journalists I've encountered-sticklers for detail and accuracy, and they have a logical way of arguing. Votes: 0

We citizens don't need to know every detail of every military operation in this new kind of war. Nor should the media tell us and hence our enemy. Votes: 0

Disney is thrilling and informative and important and beautiful and suspect. Butts was a detail I observed later and definitely ties in. I suppose I was programmed, yeah. Votes: 0

Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is in each detail. Votes: 0

I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason. Votes: 0

An artist must know the reality he is depicting in its minutest detail. In my opinion we have only one shining example of that - Count Leo Tolstoy. Votes: 0

People versed in politics need not be told that the devil is in the detail, and tough solutions implying the use of force cannot produce a lasting long-term settlement. Votes: 0

The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away. Votes: 0

Achievers can almost literally taste success because they imagine their goals in such vivid detail. Setbacks only seem to add spice and favor to the final taste of victory. Votes: 0

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth. Votes: 0

You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion. Votes: 0

It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us. Votes: 0

The 'public' artist confirms the world that we already accept, though he inevitably widens our experience of it; his method is one of research, the progressive uncovering of detail. Votes: 0

Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail. Votes: 0

I like it when people are driven. I love that in any field of work, in architecture or whatever. Like Lorne Michaels - he pays attention to every detail. Votes: 0

The whole world of 'Game of Thrones' was realized with such detail, with directors and writers who really geeked out and really loved all the little bits of it. Votes: 0

If I was a guy I wouldn't be bossy, I would be strong. If I was a guy I wouldn't be a micro-manager, I would be across the detail. Votes: 0

We can plan a roadtrip or a workday down to the last detail but the unexpected will always arise. If we are not malleable, we will get left behind. Votes: 0

If you stand too close to a painting - all you see are patches of color, if you stand too far back, you can't see any of the detail. Votes: 0

Nerds get caught up in minutiae, because there is a tremendous and fulfilling sense of control in understanding every single detail of a thing more than any other living creature. Votes: 0

I have been watching and drawing the surface of Mars. It is wonderfully full of detail. There is certainly no question about there being mountains and large greatly elevated plateaus. Votes: 0

It could not have been ten seconds, and yet it seemed a long time that their hands were clasped together. He had time to learn every detail of her hand. Votes: 0

Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful. Votes: 0

Our first responsibility as a leader is to create an attractive dream, to proclaim a destination, communicating it in detail to others who might be interested in joining our expedition. Votes: 0

Good design is thorough down to the last detail - Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the consumer. Votes: 0

The fact that all of us die anyway (the rumor turns out to be true) is a mere detail in the celestial glow of imagination. The artist's eyes destroy death. Votes: 0

Use original detail in your writing. Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things were and are, you hardly need anything else. Votes: 0

Carbon is, as may easily be shown and as I shall explain in greater detail later, tetrabasic or tetratomic, that is 1 atom of carbon = C = 12 is equivalent to 4 At.H. Votes: 0

Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the less important questions in excessive detail, so at the end there is no time to discuss the most important problems. Votes: 0

The key is to not let the camera, which depicts nature in so much detail, reveal just what the eye picks up, but what the heart picks up as well. Votes: 0

The really big difference is that what you make with a molecular machine can be completely precise, down to the tiniest degree of detail that can exist in the world. Votes: 0

As far as being in dangerous situations around the world is concerned, I always have a Secret Service detail with me as one of the privileges of a former President. Votes: 0

I often think of my work as visual haiku. It is an attempt to evoke and suggest through as few elements as possible rather than to describe with tremendous detail. Votes: 0

It's my feeling that any writer can get an emotion into a story without being sentimental as long as the emotion is dealt with honestly, with sufficient clarity, and detail. Votes: 0

First, I write down all I know about the story, at length and in detail. Then I sink the iceberg and let some of it float up just a little. Votes: 0

I've always been very attentive to detail. It's a characteristic that drives some people crazy. But on the other hand, when people around me are sloppy, that drives me crazy. Votes: 0

I don't have a great eye for detail. I leave blanks in all of my stories. I leave out all detail, which leaves the reader to fill in something better. Votes: 0

The concrete is better than the abstract. The detail is better than the commonplace. The sensual [through the senses] is better than the intellectual. The visual is better than the mental. Votes: 0

The most important quality of art and its aim is illusion; emotion, which is often obtained by certain sacrifices of poetic detail, is something else entirely and of an inferior order. Votes: 0

One is telling a story about old times when someone breaks in with a little detail that he happens to know, implying that one's own version is inaccurate — disgusting behavior! Votes: 0

I got a few things, because I think the props are so beautiful as much as anything else. The detail of the work is something that one has no idea of. Votes: 0

Even today I work with Niall O'Brien, who is far more technically astute than I am, but I still have the clearest idea of every detail I want in my photograph. Votes: 0

The skies and land are so enormous, and the detail so precise and exquisite that wherever you are you are isolated in a glowing world between the macro and the micro. Votes: 0

The notion of the infinite variety of detail and the multiplicity of forms is a pleasing one; in complexity are the fringes of beauty, and in variety are generosity and exuberance. Votes: 0

Today, Jesus stands ready to hear your cry and to answer prayer for you. He is interested in every detail of your life. He knows you better than you know yourself. Votes: 0

Instead of trying to specify a system in full detail, specify it only somewhat. You can then ride on the dynamics of the system in the direction you want to go. Votes: 0

I'm not trying to be coy here; we're just not prepared to give a lot of detail about our thinking, but we will be making some announcements in the coming months. Votes: 0

Only I could drink a thousand drinks and never forget a damn thing. I would just remember every detail of the thousand drinks down to the shapes of the ice cubes. Votes: 0

One of the problems with sex education... is that it also strips kids - especially girls - of their modesty to have every detail of anatomy, physiology and condom usage made explicit. Votes: 0

So, for a book set in 2006, Open City evades certain markers, while it embraces certain others. Julius doesn't use a smartphone, and he doesn't discuss contemporary US politics in any fine detail. Votes: 0

Intricately plotted, beautifully paced, The Music of the Spheres is an elegant historical novel rich in detail, at times Dickensian in its description of London. Elizabeth Redfern has made an exciting debut. Votes: 0

Horror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary critic Northrup Frye, who approached literature with similar archetypal analysis. Votes: 0

I've been working on my autobiography, just pecking away in longhand. The more you write, the more you remember. The more you remember, the more detail you recall. It's not all pleasant! Votes: 0

Treating 'water' as a name of a single scattered object is not intended to enable us to dispense with general terms and plurality of reference. Scatter is in fact an inconsequential detail. Votes: 0

Young people who were relaxed about posting every detail of their life on Facebook become a lot less relaxed when they realise just how transparent their life has become to future employers. Votes: 0

Since reality TV everything is much more celebrity-oriented, there are gossip magazines, people seem to be obsessed with every little detail. That's why I'm so pleased that I'm not starting out now. Votes: 0

Such being the nature of mental life, the business of psychology is primarily to describe in detail the various forms which attention or conation assumes upon the different levels of that life. Votes: 0

Perfume puts the finishing touch to elegance - a detail that subtly underscores the look, an invisible extra that completes a man and a woman's personality. Without it there is something missing. Votes: 0

It's an honour to have such a wonderful international cast on board for this world famous murder mystery. Writer Stewart Harcourt has created an exquisite script. His attention to detail is impeccable. Votes: 0

However minutely labored the picture may be in the detail, the whole will have a false and even an unfinished appearance, at whatever distance, or in whatever light it can be shown. Votes: 0

The very best way I can make any reader believe in the nuts and bolts of an art form... is to know the mechanics, to make the characters grounded in convincing detail. Votes: 0

Rose and Dimitri moved almost as one entity, like a matched pair of wolfes or lions, both wary and deadly as they studied their surroundings, taking no detail or person for granted. Votes: 0

He [Christ] even restored the severed ear of the soldier who came to arrest Him - a fact that allows us to hope the resurrection will reflect a considerable attention to detail. Votes: 0

I think we all want to know where we came from and how we fit into the world, but some of us need to know how it all works in great detail. Votes: 0

When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention to every single detail of his job. Votes: 0

A lot of people believe in reading reviews. If I get too focused on some detail of what they've said about me, I'm going to end up shooting myself in the foot. Votes: 0

I like to think that I've gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it's stayed the same. Votes: 0

None of my clients are criminals, but to a much lighter degree that's what goes on. I hear the story, and I hear it with the level of detail that breeds empathy. Votes: 0

There are lots of stories in pop music, lots of lush orchestrations, lots of attention to detail. You just have to know where to find them. The best stuff is never overt. Votes: 0

If you find a way to write with open heart to Diary, a friend with Truth, no detail spared, your tome like Petrarch's works will contain the scattered fragments of your soul. Votes: 0

I could go insane if I obsessed over every little detail of all of my companies. My management philosophy is to pay attention to the vital few and ignore the trivial many. Votes: 0

Nature can afford to be prodigal in everything, the artist must be frugal down to the last detail.Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn. Votes: 0

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation. Votes: 0

I find that women want to tell me about their birthing experiences. In the most excruciating detail. Its not put me off having children, but I do feel like I know too much. Votes: 0

The scenarios of biological or chemical warfare painted in detail by the American media during the months after September 11 only betray the inability of the government to determine the magnitude of the danger. Votes: 0

Once a week, do a thorough review of all your projects in as much detail as you need to. If you do, your systems will work. If you don't, no system will work. Votes: 0

The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

My students know I have a life, they know I've written about my life. They know some detail, probably more than they know about their physics teacher, but I would've told them anyway! Votes: 0

I am a scholar of life. Every night before I go to sleep, I analyze every detail of what I did that day. I evaluate things and people, which helps me avoid mistakes. Votes: 0

In romance, we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship, we tend to do the opposite, avoiding confrontation through fear, lethargy or both. Votes: 0

Don't try to plan everything out to the very last detail. I'm a big believer in just getting it out there: create a minimal viable product or website, launch it, and get feedback. Votes: 0

As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail. Votes: 0

The advent of DVD/Blu-ray reissues of classic Hollywood and foreign films has been a boon to film buffs, who can now study their favorites in all their glistening detail and restored palettes. Votes: 0

Our life is frittered away by detail Simplify, simplify.” Or, as Plato wrote, “In order to seek one’s own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life. Votes: 0

the full analysis of the notions of saying something and understanding what one said inevitably involves a concept which, as I will show in detail, essentially corresponds to the Cartesian idea of thought. Votes: 0

... what would Poirot do? Poirot wouldn't flap around in a panic. He'd stay calm and use his little grey cells and recall some tiny, vital detail which would be the clue to everything. Votes: 0

I find that women want to tell me about their birthing experiences. In the most excruciating detail. It's not put me off having children, but I do feel like I know too much. Votes: 0

I want to make beautiful clothes for women and men who appreciate detail and quality. The product must be the best but this is almost secondary to the service the customer will receive. Votes: 0

At least half my writing time is spent researching. So for every hour I'm actually clicking on the keyboard, I'm spending another hour trying to figure out some tiny detail I need answered. Votes: 0

The Irish didn't read and write for a couple of thousand years, and I think we developed good memories and recall. We have a sense of the revelatory detail. I look for them. Votes: 0

Do not finish your work too much. An impression is not sufficiently durable for its first freshness to survive a belated search for infinite detail; in this way you let the lava grow cool... Votes: 0

If you want to succeed always associate with winners, people who have understood something. You will notice that they all share something in common, tremendous attention to detail in their personal lives and associations. Votes: 0

Grandmothers are to life what the Ph.D. is to education. There is nothing you can feel, taste, expect, predict, or want that the grandmothers in your family do not know about in detail. Votes: 0

During my study of happiness, I noticed something that surprised me: I often learn more from one person's highly idiosyncratic experiences than I do from sources that detail universal principles or cite up-to-date studies. Votes: 0

With NOAH, you can create some stunning, yet original soundscapes. Therefore, as a performance tool, it really comes into its own because you can make one single performance which has a lot of detail. Votes: 0

Chef Matt Accarrino has the best pasta in San Francisco, and Shelley Lindgren is one of my favorite sommeliers. Their attention to detail in the service, food, and amazing wines will blow anyone away. Votes: 0

Well we took it apart scene by scene. We examined every sentence, every full stop, every comma. He has a most wonderful eye for detail, Roman, and you know, he's a very good artist. Votes: 0

The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have. Votes: 0

[Warren Beatty] will sometimes spend hours on a very small detail to make sure he gets it right. After the kind of work that he's made, he certainly doesn't have to be doing that. Votes: 0

A portrait of the young Charlie Parker with a degree of vivid detail never before approached. . . [Kansas City Lightning is] a deft, virtuosic panorama of early jazz. . . This is a mind-opening, and mind-filling, book. Votes: 0

It's almost comical that astronauts are stereotyped as daredevils and cowboys. As a rule, we're highly methodical and detail-oriented. Our passion isn't for thrills but for the grindstone, and pressing our noses to it. Votes: 0

It may seem like I'm overlooking a technical detail or a spec change, but at the end of the day I'm mostly going to be talking about the final result, with a few exceptions. Votes: 0

The long view of the Census bureau allows some changes that are taken for granted to be studied in more detail. Everyone knows, for example, that people get married later than they used to. Votes: 0

In moviemaking, you learn to pay attention to detail, because so much is in the detail. And when you're shooting, you try to be very alert to what's going on, even if you're tired. Votes: 0

I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether my presentation of historical facts was an exact one. Votes: 0

It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical. Votes: 0

Don't go into great detail describing places and things, unless you're Margaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language. You don't want descriptions that bring the action, the flow of the story, to a standstill. Votes: 0

To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary. These procedures are an archaic bourgeois detail. This is a revolution! And a revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate. Votes: 0

Too much nicety of detail disgusts the greatest part of readers, and to throw a multitude of particulars under general heads, and lay down rules of extensive comprehension, is to common understandings of little use. Votes: 0

We are a profoundly interconnected species, as the global economic and ecological crises reveal in vivid and frightening detail. We must embrace the simple fact that we are dependent on and accountable to one another. Votes: 0

A formal and consistent theory of inductive processes cannot represent the operation of every human mind in detail; it will represent an ideal mind, but it will help the actual mind to approximate that ideal. Votes: 0

The airline business is fast-paced, high risk, and highly leveraged. It puts a premium on things I like to do. I think I communicate well. And I am very good at detail. I love detail. Votes: 0

While primarily a photographer, I do not see or think photographically; hence the story of Indian life will not be told in microscopic detail, but rather will be presented as a broad and luminous picture. Votes: 0

You know, fans who think we were made for each other and describe it in excruciating detail. You get peculiar things and beautiful things. But either way they're clearly thinking about you, which is nice. Votes: 0

You have to be able to cut off from the ballet and relax, or you have anxiety dreams at night, worrying about what you're going to dance the next day, going over every little detail. Votes: 0

[While shooting close-ups] you study real eyes, you study how the light reflects in them, you study the back of the eye, you study the way irises reflect emotion. You go into great scientific detail. Votes: 0

The free worker receives a wage; the slave an education, food, care, clothing; the money that the master spends to keep the slave is drained little by little and in detail; one hardly perceives it.1 Votes: 0

I'm a huge fan of The Sopranos, and suddenly, you find yourself going one-to-one with this guy who you've been watching for years, watching every flicker in his eye and every detail on his face. Votes: 0

I've always been very detail orientated, but I have gone from embellishment to nudity - from designing for a woman that likes to be dressed to designing for a woman that likes to be undressed. Votes: 0

Pixar has been compared to fine furniture makers who polish the backs of drawers - even if you don't see everything in a particular scene, you still feel that every little detail has been met. Votes: 0

I'm blown away by the graphical detail of today's games. I can't imagine that it's going to get any better, but it's just going to continually progress and soon we'll be living in that world. Votes: 0

I'm blown away by the graphical detail of today's games. I can't imagine that it's going to get any better, but it's just going to continually progress and soon we'll be living in that world Votes: 0

I have to say, opening up in New York taught me a lot about that level of attention to detail. London's a tough market, Paris is a tough market, but New York, well, that's extraordinary. Votes: 0

I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me. Votes: 0

The real question is, do you root for the fox in that song? Or are you horrified that the goose and the duck are being dragged off to their death, which is described in detail? Votes: 0

Attention to detail is the secret of success in every sphere of life, and little kindnesses, little acts of consideration, little appreciations, little confidences,. . . . they are all that are needed to keep the friendship sweet. Votes: 0