Quotes About Accuracy

I'm doing real journalism.

I am a hard-news journalist. That is what I do.

I'm a journalist and that's what I do.

I feel I'm functioning at some level as a journalist because even though I write fiction, I'm trying to get the world accurate.

The things that make for a good journalist - or for that matter, make for good journalism - they've never changed since the craft was invented.

Most journalists are idiots.

There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows.

Journalists aren't supposed to be cheerleaders.

I've met many journalists who impress me with their ability to play it straight. I think they're the exception to the rule.

There are far too many journalists who are in a rush to be first, instead of being right.

You give me a song now, I will give my judgement, and 90 percent of the time I will be right. It is simple for me but is otherwise tough to do. But there are times - because I am not God - 10 percent of the times, when a song has worked though I said it would not.

We have to make judgments on the individual players and we're not always going to be right.

You ain't gotta jump too high to shoot the ball.

Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark.

One good thing about animation is that, if you do screw up a line, they won't use it. You can keep going until it's right.

A keeper can almost never catch my shots.

Writing is sometimes a balancing act between keeping things easily readable and being accurate.

The music stuff has been very difficult. It's got to be right, and even then, it better be on key.

Accounting and finance are not reality, the are a reflection of reality, and the accuracy of that reflection depends on the ability of accountants and finance professionals to make reasonable assumptions and to calculate reasonable estimates.

Remember, accounting is the art of using limited data to come as close as possible to an accurate description of how well a company is performing.

Pessimists are only pessimists when they're wrong. When we're right, the world calls us prophets.

Almost only counts in hand grenades and horseshoes.

close only counts in hand-grenades and horseshoes.

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