50+ Attention to Detail Sayings and Quotes That’ll Inspire You
Attention to Detail Sayings and Quotes
“Its attention to detail that makes the difference between average and stunning.” —Francis Atterbury
“Success in any endeavor requires single-minded attention to detail and total concentration.” —Willie Sutton
“The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail.” —David O. Selznick
“In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.” —Lou Holtz
“It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” —John Wooden
“Attention to detail is of utmost importance when you want to look good.” —Carolina Herrera
“The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.” —Charles R. Swindoll
“When you pay attention to detail, the big picture will take care of itself.” —George St-Pierre
“Fastidious attention to detail makes the difference between an OK service and first class service.” —Ben Elliot
“A man’s accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail.” —John Foster Dulles
“Another thing all writers have in common is we’re all observers. We pay attention to detail.” —Judy Blume
“Simple ingredients can be used to make elegant dishes with just a little extra attention to detail.” —Marcus Samuelsson
“A handful of men have become very rich by paying attention to details that most others ignored.” —Henry Ford
“Personal revelation, consecration of performance, attention to detail, and dependency on God-with these qualities you cannot fail.” —Ezra Taft Benson
“Money is the most corrosive aspect of life today because it means that all attention to detail is forgotten.” —Roberto Cavalli
“There is the flash in the pan, the sudden success. But continued success is dependent upon tremendous attention to detail.” —Frederick Lenz
“Attention to detail can’t be ( and never is ) added later. It’s an entire development philosophy, methodology, and culture.” —Marco Arment
“In France, I found there is a lot of attention to the little details and to the quality of life.” —Yael Naim
“Pay close attention to detail in whatever it is you are doing. Be specific and expect quality from your performance.” —Robert Cheeke
“There is space for a different kind of investigative reporting that’s about immersion and obsessive attention to detail and deep listening.” —Sarah Stillman
“I’m not an easy customer. My attention to detail could probably drive you mad. My eye still always goes toward the single flaw.” —L’Wren Scott
“Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be.” —Fernando Pessoa
“Things can happen when you least expect them so you always gotta be prepared. And pay attention to the details. The devil is in the details.” —Lesley Kagen
“Art is detail. I do not see the attention to detail as an act of masochism, but as the capacity to look, see, listen, and hear.” —Daša Drndić
“It’s the little things that make the big things possible. Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class.” —J. Willard Marriott
“Personal power is really the issue. It is only through tremendous attention to detail that you will be able to gain personal power and searing self-honesty.” —Frederick Lenz
“As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and – above all – how hard you work set the stage for how your players perform.” —Don Shula
“The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away.” —Harrison Ford
“Sometimes it gets a little too bubblegum for me, but what I do love about KPop videos is their attention to detail, and their choreography and dancing are always spot-on.” —Bebe Rexha
“Productivity and efficiency can be achieved only step by step with sustained hard work, relentless attention to details and insistence on the highest standards of quality and performance.” —J. R. D. Tata
“It is only through a devoted attention to the details of objects and faces in the modern urban scene, he argues, that the commodity fetish of capitalism can be effectively dispelled.” —Mark Kingwell
“Attention to detail is crucial in my roles as a real estate developer and principal of a lifestyle brand. Fine jewelry is especially intricate and requires a very well trained eye.” —Ivanka Trump
“It it’s true that fastidiousness and attention to detail is very much in my genes – if you knew my parents, you’d see that this is something I’ve inherited, only doubly so.” —George Benjamin
“There are lots of stories in pop music, lots of lush orchestrations, lots of attention to detail. You just have to know where to find them. The best stuff is never overt.” —Stephanie D’Abruzzo
“It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self-critical.” —Alan Perlis
“In moviemaking, you learn to pay attention to detail, because so much is in the detail. And when you’re shooting, you try to be very alert to what’s going on, even if you’re tired.” —Frederick Wiseman
“Attention to detail is the secret of success in every sphere of life, and little kindnesses, little acts of consideration, little appreciations, little confidences, they are all that are needed to keep the friendship sweet.” —Hugh Black
“Strategy equals execution. All the great ideas and visions in the world are worthless if they can’t be implemented rapidly and efficiently. Good leaders delegate and empower others liberally, but they pay attention to details, every day.” —Colin Powell
“There’s a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it’s overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.” —William Shatner
“Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure.” —Gary Ryan Blair
“Cooking is like music: you can tell when someone puts love into it. I come from a place where there was so much attention to detail. The population is smaller in the South, so more attention is given to serving smaller numbers of people.” —Taylor Hicks
“Laymen learn to read photographs the way they do headlines, skipping over them quickly to get the gist of what is being said. Photographers, on the other hand, study them with the care and attention to detail one might give to a difficult scientific paper or a complicated poem.” —Howard S. Becker
“If one person in a group of ten is missing the tip of his little finger, I will notice it almost immediately. This extreme attention to visual detail is not a virtue, just a fact of my person. It happens seemingly involuntarily and strikes me as neither good nor bad.” —Rosemary Mahoney
“Thinking isn’t something you think about. It comes naturally. Thinking involves many things. It involves being an observer. It involves analyzing things, taking in what’s around you in the world and finding how to make it inspire your work or turn it into a lesson to teach your children; it’s paying attention to details. That’s what thinking is: processing.” —Madonna Ciccone
“It’s amazing how much time and money can be saved in the world of dating by close attention to detail. A white sock here, a pair of red braces there, a gray slip-on shoe, a swastika, are as often as not all one needs to tell you there’s no point in writing down phone numbers and forking out for expensive lunches because it’s never going to be a runner.” —Helen Fielding