Quotations about

Accuracy

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.

—Mark Twain

Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.

—Hesketh Pearson

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

—Saki

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

—Groucho Marx

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.

—Patrick Young