Quotes About Credibility

There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair.

Traditional news is often full of mistakes, but I think that people are getting more sophisticated in knowing what to trust and what not to trust.

Anyone who is willing for an instant to credit the claims of astral influence is a walking demonstration of the tragic failure of science education.

It used to be that we disagreed over the basic facts we were fighting over, and we had different opinions about them. Now I think we accept different sources of authority. ... And people can establish credibility on their own say-so as long as nobody follows the trail and calls them out on it.

My inclination, as an old-school, classically trained journalist, is not to go with a story unless I have it hard. It's not good enough to say something based on rumors that were flying around.

Transparency increases credibility and accountability.

Our party, I can tell you, is very transparent; we believe in our credentials. Our credentials are our only credibility; we are not going to compromise on that; we are the commoners.

Whatever happens to human beings trust is the atmosphere in which it thrives.

Sometimes quotes you find on the internet are fake.

In fiction that has a higher aim, the credibility of every important action in the story is at risk unless the writer is confident that the motivation or ability of the character makes the action credible.

He who is caught in a lie is not believed when he tells the truth.

Perhaps the place to start looking for a credibility gap is not in the offices of the Government in Washington but in the studios of the networks in New York!

The more passionately in alignment you are with what you sell, the more credible you are to your prospects.

The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.

One can be respected with the truth in Hollywood just as much as anywhere else you know or else I wouldn't have had a career.

George Washington was the president who could never tell a lie, and Richard Nixon was the president who could never tell the truth. Donald Trump is truly the president who can't tell the difference.

You should tell the truth as often as you can, but in such a way as people don't believe you or think that you're being funny.

Always tell the truth, and people will never believe you.

Science is a set of rules to keep us from telling lies to each other. All scientists really have is a reputation for telling the truth.

Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie.

Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.