#accurate

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

I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#accurate #american #american values #bit #call

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#doubt #increases #know #knowledge #little

Now Congress learns that the Veterans Administration failed to provide complete, accurate information on the money it needs for both this year and next year. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#accurate information #administration #both #complete #congress

As the knight of the quill never ventured into the fight, and only snuffed the battle afar, he knew nothing accurately of battles, but managed to pick up a few real or supposed incidents from the wounded and from stragglers. ↗

— Daniel H. Hill

#afar #battle #battles #few #fight

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

When you're playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it's one that you have to let go of ultimately. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#burden #carry #go #let go #lived

The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of a pint pot has had an admirable training in accuracy of eye and hand. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#accurate #admirable #been #child #elevation

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#business #know #know yourself #knowledge #men

The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#frequently #guide #inaccurate #reality