A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.
Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you to put in the amount. It's up to the director to nag you until you get it right.
I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.
I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.
I am very fussy; I am very detailed; I nag a lot. So in a sense, I am like Mr. Ping. I am temperamental, I am emotional, I'm fussy, and I'm very exact. And I want people to not fail; I want them to execute - all those things Mr. Ping wants in other people. Or animals.
If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag.