Quotes About Credibility

Journalists must work to earn the trust of those they aim to serve.

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

Constantly there's a credibility issue; you're judged on how you look. If you look good, people assume you aren't credible. It's a battle you'll always fight if you're on TV and a female.

You've got people who didn't serve with John Kerry saying they did serve with John Kerry in the boat. With George Bush, we can't find anybody who did serve with him.

For me, the key is I always have to be the same person. If someone was to hear me say something on Fox and hear me say something different on NPR, they would say, 'The guy is a hypocrite.'

I don't want to be judged next to guys like Suge Knight. I want to be measured next to David Geffen, Irving Azoff, and Clive Davis. Whether I measure up or not, I let my record speak for me. That's how I want to be judged - by what I've done, not by what people like Ice Cube and Dr. Dre have said about me.

I want a credible, strong Labour Party.

Every author these days is an award-winning novelist. Why? Because they set up an award contest and they dub themselves the winner.

It takes people a while to trust you.

You may be right that people say: 'You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.'

When the National Institutes of Health makes an announcement through one of its many spokespeople, who

When the National Institutes of Health makes an announcement through one of its many spokespeople, who checks out the credibility of that statement?

You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best.

Eye contact made people think you were being truthful even if you weren't.

he had referred to blurbs as "the blood diamonds of publishing.

Going to school is like going to prison...you have about two weeks to establish your credibility, failing which you're either a punk or as good as dead. Depending on the school, some students can manage ot avoid those stark alternatives, but even at the best school, no teacher does.

Gary D. Schmidt

I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.

When people are telling the truth, they don't feel doubted, so they don't feel the need for additional support in the form of details. When people lie, however, even if what they say sounds credible to you, it doesn't sound credible to them, so they keep talking.

Men who will not harm you needn't persuade you to trust them; they simply act appropriately from the moment you meet them and for as long as you know them. They

Katherine is a lawyer, as I said, and she doesn't lie; the truth, however, after it passes through her lips can be unrecognizable.

This is the story of how a new nation, saddled with war debt and desperate to establish credibility, was challenged by four Muslim powers. Our merchant ships were captured and the crews enslaved. Despite its youth, America would do what established western powers chose not to do: stand up to intimidation and lawlessness.

There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast.

Word can travel fast when it wants to, but the truth? The truth is rarely so reliable.