Gypsy Rose Lee Quotes

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

I think there is a great deal to the idea of not doing a thing, but that when you do a thing, you don't do it in five minutes or in five hours, but in five years.

Work hard and meticulously. When in trouble, look closely at a text that is a good example of what you're trying to do. And be patient.

A perfectionist has to take his time.

Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

Perfection is the child of time.

There are no instant solutions.

I don't do anything without measuring 10 times and cutting once.

Whatever I was going into, whether it was going to be chorus or history or astronomy or whatever, do it right. Be a professional. Don't just do a half baked job. Do everything correctly. Get down. Learn the details of what you're going to do.

If you're gonna do a job, do it properly.

I'm real big on making sure everything is right and taking my time.

You have to be just as meticulous on television as on the stage.

Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.

The real value in everything you do is in the details. I just like that quote. A very similar way to say the same thing. If you're washing dishes you pay attention to washing dishes. If you're driving a car, you're paying attention to driving the car.

If you are to be Hercule Poirot, you must think of everything.

Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right.

We are not asked to do great things. We are asked to do all things with great care.

Dot the i's, cross the t's, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.

If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing twice.

Big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details.

It is not enough to get things done; they must be done right.

My basic philosophy can be summed up by an expression we use in Norwegian: hurry slowly. Get there, but be patient.