Tracee Ellis Ross

Human rights, race relations, gender politics, health care, and foreign policy - it's a lot to keep track of, and yet all of these things affect us in our daily lives. Making sense of everything requires meticulous unpacking of feelings, delicate navigation of social norms, and a community of love to help along the way.

American Actress

John Banville

I suppose it's possible that a writer would have feeling for his characters, but I can't see how, because writing is such a meticulous, intricate, technical business. I wish I could say that I love my characters and that frequently they take over the book and run away with the plot and so on. But they don't exist.

Irish Novelist

Kevin Hassett

The most real characters in a great play are those who are so meticulously drawn that the audience could predict how many pairs of shoes they might have in their closet or how many close friends they had in grade school. Have any of our public figures been as fully developed in the media?

American Economist

Virginia Henley

I love to have real people of history interact with my fictional characters. History gives me the plot. I research the period meticulously, and then I blend in a romantic and sensual love story to give it balance. The heavier the history, the more romantic the couple must be.

British Writer

J. Cole

When I was in college my girl got me a job at the doctor's office she was working at. I was a file clerk. No disrespect but I don't think a man can do that job. It takes so much meticulous and precise file-keeping.

American Musician

Lisa Joy

One of the many delights that I found in directing was that you plan so many things so meticulously so that they go smoothly. But you also have to leave time and space for spontaneous emotional moments to arise.

American Director

George Michael

Not many people are really that meticulous with what they do, I suppose, but I'm just a control freak and terribly afraid of failure or regret. I work very hard on these things.

British Musician

Richard Foreman

I was enchanted by the escape into that meticulous world that seemed real yet not... well, it seemed not real, but very detailed and meticulous, bizarre.

Playwright

William Landay

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.

American Novelist

Leonardo Bonucci

Sarri is meticulous, passionate about tactics, he likes to make the team play well.

Italian Athlete

Refers to giving special care to minute aspects that are often overlooked.

Attention to Detail

Being meticulous usually means taking longer to complete tasks due to thoroughness.

Time-consuming

Often viewed as a positive trait, highlighting reliability and precision.

Positive Connotation

Emphasizes an intense level of care for small, often minute details.

Extreme Care

Shows that someone's approach to details is not just careful, but exhaustive.

Nuanced Meaning

Suggests a high standard of the end result brought by meticulous work.

Quality Implication

 and you're afraid that if your forgetfulness becomes known, you'll become part of the feast. The baker has meticulously prepared a small mountain range of a cake, and your job is to sculpt the giant’s age as the chocolate centerpiece. You would love to just count the candles on the cake, but you're much too small to see the top of it.

Can you solve the...

 What a strange personality disorder we must have, counting the children so meticulously in spite of a high child death rate. It's very strange. It's sort of embarrassing. But we had that habit in Sweden, you know, that we counted all the child deaths, even if we didn't do anything about it. And then, you see, these were famine years.

Hans Rosling: The good...

 so they walked the rest of the way together, rapt in conversation. Yingtai realized that, despite her meticulous disguise, she felt that she could finally be herself. The two decided to celebrate what they thought would be a long, close friendship, and became sworn brothers. At the academy, Yingtai buried herself in books

The Chinese legend of...

 she does all of this after she may have traveled hundreds or even thousands of miles to return to the same Beach from when she herself was hatched octopi to lay eggs though not on a beach rather the female generally deposit her eggs within a protected alcove now once laid the mother octopus meticulously

The science and...

 It even encouraged me to pursue some more fulfilling career paths that may otherwise have been inadvisable. And who would have thought that an appropriate job for me might involve the meticulous operation of electronic equipment to curate dance music to people in inaccessible places

The perks of being a...

 which tend to be time consuming and interfere with work, school or social life to the point of causing significant distress. This set of diagnostic criteria is what separates people suffering from OCD from those who may just be a bit more meticulous or hygiene obsessed than usual.

Debunking the myths of...

 her creative process was based on ritual and close observation. She paid meticulous attention to small details, and spent hours mixing paints to create exactly the right colors. When she found the perfect hue, she’d record it in her ever-growing collection of handmade color cards.

How to see more and care...

 doing very good and meticulous research but the unpredictability is I think is exciting what I'm going to be doing in this series is the live shark diving sharks are probably my greatest fascination and their conservation my greatest passion the opportunity to

What is Blue Planet...

 it's made out of butterfly wings. And I was blown away. So, he took me back to his workshop and he showed me how he does these. He collects these butterflies meticulously and makes these stained glass images of life

Chaos in the Heart of...

 is every fallen leaf his stage must be meticulously tidy for what will be an incredible performance a few attractive berries to help decorate the floor this final touch is hardly ever seen might he

Meticulous