Quotes of Exactitude - somelinesforyou

“ Punctuality is the politeness of kings. ”

- Louis XVIII

“ It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible. ”

- Aristotle

“ For me, being able to go anywhere you want, with an element of precision and control, has been the goal. ”

- Paul Parker

“ By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision. ”

- Bruno Walter

“ The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing. ”

- Pierre Bonnard

“ Exactness is the sublimity of fools. ”

- William Cowper

“ I have been on a calendar, but never on time. ”

- Marilyn Monroe

“ The only good thing about punctuality is that it usually gets you an apology. ”

- Unknown

“ Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality. ”

- Richard Cecil

“ Better never than late. ”

- George Bernard Shaw

“ Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. ”

- Don Marquis

“ If you're there before it's over, you're on time. ”

- James J. Walker

“ The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. ”

- Franklin P. Jones

“ Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices. ”

- Remy de Gourmont

“ It is the mark of an instructed mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness when only an approximation of the truth is possible. ”

- Aristotle
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