#precise

In this metaphor we actually have a picture of the computational universe, a metaphor which I hope to make scientifically precise as part of a research program. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#computational #hope #i #make #metaphor

What is it precisely, that feeling of 'returning' from a poem? Something is lighter, softer, larger - then it fades, but never completely. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#fades #feeling #larger #lighter #never

Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example? ↗

— Dennis Prager

#beauty #cannot #decency #define #defined

Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#context #everything #historical #important #interest

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

#becoming #difficult #leader #precisely #simple

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#because #believe #cannot #capable #god

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#annoy #big #love #precisely #small

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#error #lack #margin #precise #precision

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions. ↗

— John Ruskin

#actions #intended #men #perfect #precise

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#man #precisely #responsible