Quotes About Credibility

it can be the honesty and trustworthiness of our sources, not their status, that allows them to act as authorities. Sometimes

we've seen that a credible idea makes people believe. An emotional idea makes people care. And in this chapter we'll see that the right stories make people act.

In the last few chapters, we've seen that a credible idea makes people believe. An emotional idea makes people care. And in this chapter we'll see that the right stories make people act.

human-scale principle allows us to bring our intuition to bear in assessing whether the content of a message is credible.

WHAT WE SHOULD learn from urban legends and the Mrs. Johnson trial is that vivid details boost credibility. But what should also be added is that we need to make use of truthful, core details. We need to identify details that are as compelling and human as the "Darth Vader toothbrush" but more meaningful—details that symbolize and support our core idea.

a Simple Unexpected Concrete Credentialed Emotional Story. A clever observer will note that this sentence can be compacted into the acronym SUCCESs. This

Never let your mouth write a check that your ass can't cash.

Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.

Sometimes the least believable stories are the true ones.

Iemand anders sal dié storie ook moet vertel om geloofwaardigheid daaraan te gee; die storie kan nie net teer op herinnering wat dit plooi na die eise van die hede nie.

Lastly, they must be men of honest report, whose life and sound conversation are by their deeds perfectly tried and sufficiently witnessed of unto the people: and finally, they must be such as bear authority, and not be despised as rascal and vile knaves.

You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do

Non si può costruire una reputazione basata sull'intenzione di fare qualcosa.

power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tepmts empty posturing.

in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.

Especially when ultimate decisions of peace and war are involved, a strategist must be aware that bluffs may be called and must take into account the impact on his future credibility of an empty threat.

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.

There is no good reason that a girl is shamed for sexting while a boy is not, that a woman's number must be lower than a man's, that a survivor of sexual assault has her credibility stolen from her along with her bodily integrity. For women to be truly safe, we must eradicate the use of the term "slut." Only then will female sexuality become transformed from a site of pitfalls to one of positivity and possibility.

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Are you a journalist?" "I'm a doctor." "Good. We need doctors, Wallahi ." Sadoon scowled. "Journalists only tell lies and smuggle carpets.

People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.

In my opinion, the only real asset one has is one's reputation, right? I mean, any company and institution can go belly up at any time. But if you have a good reputation, you know, you can usually find somebody who can - who thinks they can use what you have to offer.