Fundamental accuracy of statement
Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing. Ezra Pound
Accuracy
I’m not very eloquent
I’m not very eloquent about things like this, but I think that writing and photography go together. I don’t mean that they are related arts, because they’re not. But the person doing it, I think, learns from both things about accuracy of the eye, about observation, and about sympathy toward what is in front of … Read more
But, after all, the
But, after all, the sciences have made progress, because philosophers have applied themselves with more attention to observe, and have communicated to their language that precision and accuracy which they have employed in their observations: In correcting their language they reason better. Etienne Bonnot de Condillac
The women ranged in
The women ranged in age, but they were all old enough to know that in the currency of friendship, empathy is more valuable than accuracy. Erica Bauermeister
Beauty is not required.
Beauty is not required. Beauty is accuracy’s distraction. Elizabeth Gilbert
It is impossible to
It is impossible to foretell the future with any degree of accuracy, that it is impossible to rehearse life. A fault in the scenery, a face in the audience, an interruption of the audience on to the stage, and all our carefully planned gesture mean nothing, or mean too much. E. M. Forster
Pain and suffering are
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Accuracy is the basis
Accuracy is the basis of style. Words dress our thoughts and should fit; and should fit not only in their utterances, but in their implications, their sequences, and their silences, just as in architecture the empty spaces are as important as those that are filled. Freya Stark
All greatness in style
All greatness in style begins, I imagine, with such respect, deep and passionate enough to produce a humility which will not assert itself at the expense even of inanimate things: out of which submissiveness a desire to serve is born, in disinterested accuracy toward the object, whatever it may be. Freya Stark
Scientists and theologians can’t
Scientists and theologians can’t offer better than circular arguments, because there are no other kinds of arguments. Bible believers quote the Bible, and scientists quote other scientists. How do either scientists or theologians answer this question about the accuracy of their conclusions: “In reference to what? Frank Schaeffer