#accurate

In the 19th century the anatomy of the eye was known in great detail and the sophisticated mechanisms it employs to deliver an accurate picture of the outside world astounded everyone who was familiar with them. ↗

— Michael Behe

#accurate #anatomy #astounded #century #deliver

A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#analysis #appreciation #beauty #course #gave

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature. ↗

— Rita Dove

#adversity #almost #begin #being #convey

Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards. ↗

— William Whewell

#always #bending #cord #downwards #fine

Beautiful sentences pop into my head. Beautiful sentences that aren't always absolutely accurate. Then, I have to choose between the beautiful sentence and being absolutely accurate. It can be a difficult choice. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#accurate #always #beautiful #being #between

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

— Daisaku Ikeda

#future #healthy #knowledge #past #possible

A comic can be aesthetically beautiful. I think they captured it beautifully and accurately. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#aesthetically #beautiful #beautifully #captured #comic

There are all sorts of experiences we can't really put a name to...The birth of a child, for one. Or the death of a parent. Falling in love. Words are like nets--we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, grief, or wonder. Finding God is like that, too. If it's happened to you, you know what it feels like. But try to describe it to someone else--and language only takes you so far. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#change

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

— Frank Lampard

#cover #ground #harder #i #i think

A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#dry #emotionally #even #inaccurate #more