Quotes About Credibility

Never trust a man in a jumpsuit

If you managed to fool a man, it doesn't mean he's a fool, it means you were trusted more than you deserve.

But who says that everyone using statistics is smart or honest? As mentioned, this book began as an homage to How to Lie with Statistics, which was first published in 1954 and has sold over a million copies.

Not that he'd have doubted Helen's word in any case; she was a librarian, and librarians were never wrong.

Him? Make the trip twice? I might have believed it if I'd seen it, but I didn't, so I won't.

The cable news channels have cleverly seized on the creed of objectivity and redefined it in populist terms. They attack news based on verifiable fact for its liberal bias, for, in essence, failing to be objective, and promise a return to "genuine" objectivity.

The only person you need to be credible to is yourself. When you stand in front of the mirror and nobody is watching, are you happy with yourself?

Journalists have misquoted people for so long - and quoted them out of context that for many people like to have their words on record.

People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.

We do ourselves as politicians no favours if we are seen to peddle unachievable moonshine.

Is Michael Moore an honest documentarian? Honestly? I don't think he is... The real discussion gets left behind the entertainment value.

If your people don't really believe or respect you, if you don't have the moral authority to rule, then your goose is cooked.

I feel like the more real we are, the more people will respect that.

The mainstream media today has the biggest disconnect with its audience that it's ever, ever had. And as the disconnect grows and as more and more people distrust them, then the media digs in more and more and says you don't know what you're talking about, you don't know how we do our jobs, you don't know what's important.

I don't care about motivation. I care about credibility.

The promotion of self-esteem in our schools has been so successful that people feel free to spout off about all sorts of things — and see no reason why their opinions should not be taken as seriously as the views of people who actually know what they are talking about.

Most people, in fact, will not take trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

But the Soviet leader, unlike his western counterparts, had no good options. He could not realistically hope to prevent German unity except by reversing his benign public announcements of recent years and seriously damaging his own credibility. He did initially oppose the absorption of a united Germany into NATO;

had brought Stalin credibility and influence, in the counsels of governments and on the streets.

Trust is built in drops and lost in buckets.

Trust is earned in drops and lost in buckets. Unwavering honesty will help seal in trust.

There are a lot of nice tings about being rich, but one of the best is that you can say almost anything, and if you do it with confidence, without blinking, people put a lot of effort into believing you