Detail Quotes
Great work lives in the small things.
Several of these lines praise the quiet discipline behind good craftsmanship, describing how a carpenter, tailor, or seamstress adds lasting value through careful, unhurried work. This appreciation for precision connects naturally to our Attention quotes.
I came from a very corporate environment, but my own style is quite approachable, warm, and very detail oriented.
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Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.
It is the accuracy and detail inherent in crafted goods that endows them with lasting value. It is the time and attention paid by the carpenter, the seamstress and the tailor that makes this detail possible.
It's true that romance novels do detail the courtship phase of a relationship. We usually write 'And they lived happily ever after' before our heroine starts snoring or our hero starts tossing his socks over the hamper.
I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive.
In some instances, the accuracy of past-life memories can be objectively verified, sometimes with remarkable detail.
Attention Quotes
The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents.
To be fair to the Inquisition, they only used confessions extracted after the torture had ended, which let them claim that admissions had been freely given; the fact that the torture would have started again if they hadn't confessed was...
I have been to China. I noticed that wherever you went, you could ask an ordinary citizen, and he would explain, in detail, about free markets and all the other jargon of liberalisation.
Personally, speaking as a historian and a storyteller, when it comes to inaccuracy in historical fictioneering, I follow the Shakespeare principle: I'm willing to overlook gobs of mistaken detail if the poetic valence is basically correct.
It is about attention to detail and then the minutest detail on top of that. I am an owner, and yet I'll argue about the sign on the wall.
Everything Quotes
Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.
Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.
I've been working on my autobiography, just pecking away in longhand. The more you write, the more you remember. The more you remember, the more detail you recall. It's not all pleasant!
We are a profoundly interconnected species, as the global economic and ecological crises reveal in vivid and frightening detail. We must embrace the simple fact that we are dependent on and accountable to one another.
One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail.
He Quotes
People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What's the main idea connecting these detail quotes?
Is there a quote about craftsmanship or skilled trades?
Are any of these quotes more poetic in tone?
Is there a quote about communication styles or gossip?
Where can I find more quotes about focus and precision?
One older, more poetic quote simply urges readers to cherish detail itself, while another notes how detail can shape the way stories and gossip get told. Browse our Everything quotes and About quotes for related themes.
