My great success in life has been owing to my having paid attention to every detail.
Steam engine improvements
Widely attributed, reflecting his meticulous engineering approach. Specific primary source hard to pinpoint.
Undated
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"I have spent more time fixing other men's mistakes than making my own."
Strange & Unusual"The people in London are all steam engine mad."
Controversial"one of the most ingenious, simple pieces of mechanism I have contrived."
Philosophical"Dr Priestly (sic) was once very ill with gall stones & was cured by abstinence from Butcher meat. ... fish & vegetables & butter or fat did not hurt him when taken in moderation, but his Doctors must …"
Humorous"Every inefficiency in machinery is an insult to the engineer."
Strange & Unusual