Top 1200 Small Details Quotes & Sayings

Perdition awaits at the end of a road constructed entirely from good intentions, the devil emerges from the details and hell abides in the small print.

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

It takes 500 small details to add up to one favorable impression.

I see in [George H. W.] Bush a striving to be Reagan-like in the sense of having a big vision, and eschewing small details.

Movies are details. Movies are billions of details that come into a certain moment. So with all the years and months and weeks and days and minutes of preparation, then finally you're shooting and it all comes down to these moments when you're shooting, which is sort of insane when you think about it. The details make a difference.

Just small things are going to hopefully lead to a bigger surplus in the end. Obviously, you might not see it every single game, every single detail, but those small things and those small details add up so much, and that's what creates winning.

In descriptions of nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets a picture.

Whenever I'm writing a book, small details from my life always creep in.

I'm very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.

Suddenly, details seemed extremely important. Details were something to grab on to, a way to insert myself into the story.

Are the details of our lives who we are, or is it owning those details that makes the difference?

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

It is one of the ironies of biographical art that some details are more relevant than others, and many details have no relevance at all.

Art's power of persuasion resides in the small personal details of one's own story, and if it weren't for my struggle with dyslexia, I doubt I'd ever have become a writer or known how to teach others to write.

Great entrepreneurs are often great listeners and they can spot patterns and pick up on small details in customer stories.

I think, as a writer, you see the big picture, and as an actor, you're thinking of all the minutiae, all the very small details.

The details are details. They make the product. The connections, the connections, the connections. It will in the end be these details that give the product its life.

I think I have a very detailed sense of observation. I am interested in the details of people's lives and what information these details give.

Whatever I do, whether it's cooking shows, books or events, the details count and that's what sets me apart from other food TV personalities. If you take out the details what's left?

Most of our lives aren't that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details.

When I entertain at home, I take time and pleasure in the small details that make all the difference. Entertaining is about giving to people and sharing with them.

They say that God is in the details. Then again, they also say that the Devil is in the details. Boy, talk about awkward.

I always like learning the small details about a subject.

The small details are important if you want to be a good player.

I learned no detail was too small. It was all about the details.

I was drawing a mandolin, and I made the sound hole very small, which made the mandolin look gigantic. I saw that making the details small made the form monumental. So in my figures, the eyes, the mouth are all small, and the exterior form is huge.

The director, Antoine Fuqua, relies on small details, which anchor the vigilante-as-saint myth in at least a minimal degree of reality.

Everything is up to the players and not the tactics. They're just small details that can show you the way to play.

If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed.

My heart belongs to the details. I actually always found them to be more important than the big picture. Nothing works without details. They are everything, the baseline of quality.

Our music is harder to play than it sounds. It's the small details you don't realize are there until you try and re-do it.

I think it's the small things, the smaller episodes and details that I linger on and try to draw meaning from, just personally.

I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.

In futsal, you see whether a player is really talented. You notice the small details in quality, class and tactical understanding.

Do not be afraid of large patterns, if properly designed they are more restful to the eye than small ones: on the whole, a pattern where the structure is large and the details much broken up is the most useful...very small rooms, as well as very large ones, look better ornamented with large patterns.

It makes you observe small details; even if it's just a kid playing with his dad, if you watch them closely, you can use that in your work. It helps you fully understand people better.

Emotions are the sums created by details, whether those details are true or not.

I always think about the small details because I need to improve more and more.

I love 'Anna Karenina.' It's in the top five books on my list. Tolstoy is unsurpassed in combining the grand with the trivial, that is, the small details which make up life.

During a big tournament, it is the small details that make big differences.

There was once a strange, small man. He decided three important details about his life: 1. He would part his hair from the opposite side to everyone else. 2. He would make himself a small, strange mustache. 3. He would one day rule the world. ...Yes, the Fuhrer decided that he would rule the world with words.

I want to talk to the audience. This is what I've been doing in my work in French forever - talking about small things becoming big problems. I notice all the details, all the tiny little things.

Think boldly. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Don't miss small details, keep your eyes open and be modest in everything except your aims.

In a major matter no details are small.

The game is won or lost on hundreds of small details.

The beauty of life is in small details, not in big events.

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

I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else

When I cast great actors, I try to make extraordinary people ordinary, dealing with these extremely small intimate details of interpersonal relationships against an epic backdrop.

There are details within details within details to anchor you in the fact that we are talking about the real world, not an illustrated children's book fantasy world.

I find significance in all kinds of small details when I run; I'm hyper aware of my surroundings, the sensations in my body, and the thoughts running through my mind. Everything is clearer, heightened.

There's a tendency at the senior and middle-manager level to be too big-picturish and too superficial. There is a phrase, "The devil is in the details." One can formulate brilliant global strategies whose executability is zero. It's only through familiarity with details - the capability of the individuals who have to execute, the marketplace, the timing - that a good strategy emerges. I like to work from details to big pictures.

Women notice details that most men don't. They notice if your belt and shoes match. They notice what kinds of foods you like to eat. They notice all the details, then make assumptions about every other area of your life based on these details.

I think the most important thing journalism taught me is to mine for details. The details are key. You can't try to be funny or strange or poignant; you have to let the details be funny or strange or poignant for you.

I've heard it said that God is in the details. It's the same with the truth. Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it.

I don't beat at the details, but I do always keep in mind that anything that isn't A) moving the story forward or B) enlarging my understanding of the central characters has to be sacrificed. I have huge folders of details - research - with a story like Netherlands. Only a very small part of it gets used. The old iceberg analogy again.

Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible.

The elements of a good story are most definitely details, little bitty details. That does it, especially when you're describing, when you're setting the scene and everything. It's like you're painting a picture, so details are very important. Also, the music gotta be right. The music can really set the tone for the story and let you know what the story is gonna be about, but definitely, it's the vibe in the place where you at and the detail.

That's what I think my job in the world has been, is to sort of try to sit silently a bit and watch it all sort of move and see those small, quiet details, whether it be a small village outside of Colombo [country?] or the favelas of Brazil, where, again, resistance culture is something that you hear resonating in the streets of South Central Los Angeles as well.

In proportion as man approaches the outer rim, he becomes lost in details, and the more he is preoccupied with details, the less he can understand them.