Quotes About Accuracy

I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to 'truthiness.'

Slender certainty is better than portentous falsehood.

Activists need to get the facts right. One of the big assets we have on our side is the truth, and we lose credibility and power if w e're loose with that.

Compromise cannot be allowed in cases where the exact truth is ascertainable.

I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.

I have no problem with being vetted. What I do have a problem with is being lied about and then putting that as truth.

The President Donald Trump has great difficulty with the truth on many issues.

The truth has no temperature.

Wikipedia works because those who know the truth are usually more numerous and committed than those who believe in a falsehood.

Half-truths can be as deceptive as outright lies.

I said that I'm only there to write the truth, I'm not going to cover anything up, but I'll put everything in context and get as close to the truth of this person as I can.

I think it's more important to seek the truth than to try and be perfect, to be honest.

He who cannot exaggerate is not qualified to utter truth.

For the journalist, anything probable is gospel truth.

As the primary end of History is to record truth, impartiality, fidelity and accuracy are the fundamental qualities of an Historian.

[T]hat is the triumph of history - truth absolute is not at hand; the original with which to match the copy does not exist.

The truth seems to love the small print.

The opposite of what is noised about concerning men and things is often the truth. [Fr., Le contraire des bruits qui courent des affaires ou des personnes est souvent la verite.]

It's easier to remember your lies if they're close to the truth.

If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.

The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere.

Novels must have verisimilitude, and truth has little enough of that.

Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.

To avoid being drawn into error, keep a firm grip on the truth.