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Details Quotes - Page 17

The artist should fear to become the slave of detail.

Quoted in Goodrich Albert Pinkham Ryder (1959).

I could as easily bail out the Potomac River with a teaspoon as attend to all the details of the army.

Abraham Lincoln, Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1908). “The works of Abraham Lincoln ...”

What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?

Abigail Adams, John Adams (1840). “Letters of Mrs. Adams: The Wife of John Adams”, p.197

The title of Ultracrepidarian critics has been given to those persons who find fault with small and insignificant details.

"Table-talk", Essay, 22, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 705-06, 1922.

You don't forget the movies, but you forget the details of them.

"Sissy Spacek Gets In The Bedroom" By Roger Friedman, www.foxnews.com. November 19, 2001.

We can all see God in exceptional things, but it requires the culture of spiritual discipline to see God in every detail.

Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.577, Discovery House

[E]very job is composed of many small details, any one of which, if overlooked, can create big problems later.

Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.72, Penguin

When playing against big teams, it's the small details that count.

Interview with Ryan Bailey, bleacherreport.com. April 17, 2015.