Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man.
~ Bertrand Russell - [Detail]

Carelessness is worse than a thieve.
~ Gaelic Proverb - [Detail]

Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates.
~ Marquis De Sade - [Destructiveness]

Details often kill initiative, but there have been few successful men who weren't good at details. Don't ignore details. Lick them.
~ William B. Given - [Detail]

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
~ Francois FTNelon - [Detail]

He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.
~ Meister Eckhart - [Detachment]

In a major matter no details are small.
~ Paul De Gondi - [Detail]

Many blunder in business through inability or an unwillingness to adopt new ideas. I have seen many a success turn to failure also, because the thought which should be trained on big things is cluttered up with the burdensome detail of little things.
~ Philip Delaney - [Detail]

Measure three times before you cut once.
~ Proverb - [Detail]

Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
~ Heraclitus - [Detail]