Quotes About Credibility

Tell the truth, but lead so improbable a life that the truth will never be believed.

Believe none of what you hear. Half of what you see. And everything you write.

A person who trusts no one can't be trusted.

It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar.

Look, suppose you're an official in the National Science Foundation, and a guy comes to you and says: Listen I have this interesting idea, give me $100,000 and I'll work on it. And then 50 of the most respected people in the field come up to you and say: Look, the guy's crazy, that can't be true. Who are you going to believe? You're going to end up supporting a very conservative, middle brow scientific institution. It's hopeless.

People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to.

I've compiled a book from the Internet. It's a book of quotations attributed to the wrong people.

Sie dürfen ihm nichts übelnehmen. Er ist seit zwanzig Jahren Journalist und glaubt bereits, was er lügt. Über seinem Gewissen liegen zehn weiche Betten, und obenauf schläft Herr Münzer den Schlaf des Ungerechten.

Dieser Theaterkritiker konnte die selbstverständlichsten und unstreitigsten Dinge äußern, sobald er es war, der sie behauptete, wirkten sie unglaubwürdig und reizten zum Widerspruch.

The fellows who write those lies ought to go out and hang themselves.

I didn't believe all her stories," Martha wrote later. "I thought she was exaggerating and a bit hysterical." When Martha left her hotel she witnessed no violence, saw no one cowering in fear, felt no oppression.

I mistrust all frank and simple people, especially when their stories hold together

In those days we did not trust anyone who had not been in the war, but we did not completely trust anyone.

I never trust frank and simple people whose stories hold together.

Desconfio de todas as pessoas francas e simples, principalmente quando suas histórias são coerentes.

I do not think they believed a word of the story and I thought it was silly but it was like a law-court. You did not want something reasonable, you wanted something technical and then stuck to it without explanations.

The people you work with should be either fully trusted or not trusted at all, so one should decide, who deserves to be trusted

Don't let our skepticism turn into cynicism. Not everyone with a crazy story is crazy.

should be published

Necio es quien a las visiones de los sueños concede crédito y se adentra en el camino de las quimeras. Mas todo aquel que precie de menos los sueños y en nada los tenga, procede también con poco seso. ¿Pues acaso si los sueños no hubieran de tener sentido alguno, nos habrían dotado los dioses de la capacidad de soñar?

9. How can we tell if a politician is telling the truth? Is there a way to know for sure? You may remember the old joke: "How do you know if a politician is lying? If he's moving his lips." It's not that funny anymore, is it? Obviously, there is no certain way to know at the moment something is said. But remember this: past performance serves to reveal future behavior. A person who has exhibited a pattern of lying is a liar.

Outsiders aren't about to take our faith seriously as long as they wonder if we do.

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.

Lots of business owners spend their lives trying to land the whale - the single, massive, brand-name account that will fatten the top line and bestow instant credibility. But big customers make me nervous.