Quotes About Reliability

Ball security is job security here.

Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that age appears to be best in four things—old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Constancy is the foundation of virtues

Nadie ofrece tanto como el que no va a cumplir

Trust, but verify.

Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.

At the bottom of each page, in tiny, barely legible print, was a lengthy disclaimer written in impenetrable legalese. As far as I could interpret the language, it fed the reader two bitter blanket warnings: (1) that all of the information in the packet likely was wrong and should not be relied on, and (2) that First Boston probably has a secret relationship with someone else involved in this trade so that if you buy it, you are likely to be screwed.

where there is individual accountability, things get done. Measure is another magic word: what gets measured creates accountability. With no standard, reliable metric for customer relationships, employees can't be held accountable for them and so overlook their importance.

There is a close relationship between truth and trust.

Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur.

There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity.

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes.

You know when I told you the joke about how a friend will help you move, but a real friend will help you move a body? I was only kidding.

Can you guys keep a secret?" Seth asked. "For minutes at a time," Newel said. Seth gave him a look. "This one is life and death." "In that case, hours," Newel replied.

But with you, I don't know what to trust.

I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted.

What would you think if I told you that I wasn't an Allomancer?" Sazed asked. "I'd think that you were lying," Vin said. "Have you known me to lie before?" "The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.

I strive for nothing if not consistency

If you remove the foundation of trust from a relationship, then what is the point of that relationship?

Jasnah was never wrong." "This would be a storming bad time for her to break her record

Never trust a man who tells you good news.

I trust you with their lives,' Prof said, still writing, 'and them with yours. Don't betray that trust, son. Keep your impulses in check. Don't just act because you can; act because it's the right thing to do. If you keep that in mind, you'll be all right.

It is not perfection we seek, for perfection is impossible. It is instead consistency.

As accurate as a blind man pissing during an earthquake." "Wow...," I breathed. She frowned at me. "That was a great metaphor," I said. "Oh please." "I need to write that down," I said, ignoring her complaints, fishing for my new mobile to type it out.