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Quotes About Reliable

Is there anything more loyal than the sun?
~ Mary Oliver
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.
~ Hannah Arendt
He was a clean-cut man in his fifties who appeared so wholesome that Ian was sure he could pass as a high school teacher, a Mormon missionary, or the reliable love interest in one of those Hallmark Channel movies.
~ Lee Goldberg
Most scholars of education share this perspective, often referred to as "critical theory."16 Jonathan Kozol is of this school when he writes, "School is in business to produce reliable people."17 Paulo Freire of Brazil puts it this way: "It would be extremely naïve to expect the dominant classes to develop a type of education that would enable subordinate classes to perceive social injustices critically.
~ James W. Loewen
With all dear Emma's little faults, she is an excellent creature. Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend? No, no; she has qualities which may be trusted; she will never lead any one really wrong; she will make no lasting blunder; where Emma errs once, she is in the right a hundred times.
~ Jane Austen
People treat citizens like they're some kind of unreliable source, but citizens are data. They are a data set.
~ Josh Fox
Solar makes electricity expensive for two inherently physical reasons. Sunlight is dilute, requiring 10 to 15 times as much materials and mining, and up to 5,000 times more land, than non-renewables. And sunlight is unreliable, which reduces the value of solar as it becomes a larger part of energy supplies.
~ Michael Shellenberger
I wonder if too frequently publishers and developers are so caught up with going after new, untapped audiences that they can forget to care for the largest, most loyal and reliable audience there is - the current gamer.
~ Randy Pitchford
Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the mountain by a reliable if not scenic route, we have delivered. Technique is optional.
~ Stacy Schiff
Steve Buscemi is the little black dress of cinema, appropriate for any occasion.
~ Owen King
My dad is a really honest, hardworking, straight guy.
~ Joe Lando
For me, I was always just a down-to-earth guy. From Day 1 my rookie year, I've been the same. As an offensive lineman, we just want to be under-the-radar, humble guys, just like to do our work and not be noticed.
~ Michael Oher
Though most scholars (pro and con) agree that the current edition of the Book of Mormon is a trustworthy copy of the 1830 version, few Christian scholars consider it to be reliable history.
~ Dan Barker
Defense lawyers had sought to have the bite-mark evidence barred from the trial on the grounds that it is scientifically unreliable. The judge's ruling was "contrary to the overwhelming consensus of the scientific community," said Chris Fabricant, director of strategic litigation for the Innocence Project. "It's a victory for the Flat Earth Society."
~ Chris Fabricant
Addiction is reliable; dealers rarely are.
~ Chris Fleming
A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
A donkey is a very useful beast of burden.
~ Lawrence Wright
In the past, there hasn't been much reliable information about startups and small businesses available online. It's information that's really valuable, and it's information that people want to share.
~ Adam D'Angelo
Bowden Cable is the sort of honest and dependable operative that is the backbone of SpecOps. They never win commendations or medals and the public has no knowledge of them at all. They are all worth ten of people like me.
~ Jasper Fforde
Love is vivid. I never wanted the pale version. Love is full strength. I never wanted the diluted version. I never shied away from love's hugeness but I had no idea that love could be as reliable as the sun. The daily rising of love.
~ Jeanette Winterson
Love is vivid. I never wanted the pale version.. Love is full strenght. I never wanted the diluted version. I never shied away from love's hugeness but I had no idea that love could be as reliable as the sun. The daily rising of love.
~ Jeanette Winterson
This is a highly reliable power source. Being a large credit card processor, doing $6 million an hour in transactions, our computers have to work.
~ Unknown
organizational health is relatively hard to measure, and even harder to achieve. It feels soft to executives who prefer more quantitative and reliable methods of steering their companies. It also entails a longer lead time to implementation than does a technical or marketing strategy, which yields more immediate results and gratification.
~ Patrick Lencioni
Others were just as singular and well traveled and full of promise. I felt I was in good hands.
~ Paul Theroux