Quotes About Verification

You can never trust what you read.

Neither did the Pharisees in truth believe what Moses wrote, because they opposed Christ, who did but verify what Moses before from God's mouth had spoke.

Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them.

Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.' By

on learning how to reject their authority. This is why the Royal Society (one of the earliest scientific academies, founded in London in 1660) took as its motto 'Nullius in verba', which means something like 'Take no one's word for it.

This is why the Royal Society (one of the earliest scientific academies, founded in London in 1660) took as its motto 'Nullius in verba', which means something like 'Take no one's word for it.

Don't believe everything you read.

No matter how sensible-seeming or wild an idea, the smart thinker asks: Does it work? When put to the test, can its predictions be confirmed? Subjected to such scrutiny, crazy-sounding ideas sometimes find support.

There are] lies of two varieties. There is the truly bad, "I know that what I am saying is untrue, but it suits my agenda to say it anyway" kind. There is the less bad, "I came upon information I liked or found persuasive, and repeated it before verifying it was true" kind. The latter is not about willful dishonesty, just carelessness. But since both varieties promulgate misinformation, both kinds are harmful.

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With no small satisfaction, the men learnt from the outward-bound caravan that the previous story was a true one, and they were assured that Dr. Livingstone's son with two Englishmen and a quantity of goods had already reached Unyanyembé.

Everything that is online is not necessarily in line.

Donald [Driver] is a good guy, a righteous guy. I have no beef with him. But I have multiple sources on this; people not connected with one another who verified it.

You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references, sir.

Don't be misled by History, or any other unreliable source.

For what one has in black and white, One can carry home in comfort.

Relaxed Empiricism -- I only believe something to be true if someone I know quite well tells me if happened.

Never call anyone a baboon unless you are sure of your facts.

I know that to be a true fact because I read it in Heat magazine

You will need to verify your identity with a sacrifice.""Didn't you ever hear of retina scans? Maybe fingerprints? Something less invasive?

All analysts spend half their time hunting through the literature for inequalities which they want to use and cannot prove.

It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.

What you say should not just be truth now, but should be a proven truth tomorrow.