Quotes About Reliability

have no illusions about your personal courage, but remember that you are no use to me dead.

Give me th'avowed, th'erect, the manly foe,Bold I can meet—perhaps may turn his blow;But of all plagues, good Heav'n, thy wrath can send,Save, save, oh! save me from the Candid Friend!

in other words then, if a machine is expected to be infallible, it cannot also be intelligent.

It's my job to run after her." "Without backup?" "I am the backup.

Something about Linus made me feel at ease. You knew that he was sincere and whatever he told you wouldn't be a lie.

It must be so nice to have someone like him watching your back. Someone competent. Decisive. Someone who has his shit together. Too bad he is an enemy.

Are you out of your mind?" It's not polite to lie to your best friend. "It's a possibility.

Sometimes, all you can do for a person is be there. Just don't let them convince you that they don't need you. They do. And they will.

I want to be here for you. Whatever it is you need. Just call me and I'll come.

The truth is, the Western media are quite easily manipulated, for they often craft their stories from press releases and tend, on the whole, to be indiscriminate about the nature and reliability of their sources.

Even if readers claim that they 'take it all with a grain of salt', they do not really. They yearn to believe, and they believe, because believing is easier than disbelieving, and because anything which is written down is likely to be 'true in a way'.

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

Anyone who displays a capacity for double-dealing must forever be suspected of being capable of displaying it again.

The real point of the matter is that what we call a 'wrong datum' is one which is inconsistent with all other known data. It is our only criterion for right and wrong.

A good Technician was rarely wrong. A top Technician was never wrong.

Valamilyen garanciára szükségem van. – Szavamat adom. – Ami, ugyebár, fölbecsülhetetlen érték? – hajolt meg gúnyosan Pherl –, de azért az ön jelenléte, ugyebár, mégiscsak nagyobb biztosítékot jelentene!

A real friend is a friend in need, not those who wait until your luck changes.

There is close to zero trust in institutions in Afghanistan. The mobile carriers have more trust than the banks.

I won't lie - I picked up the occasional gossip magazine in the past because I thought that maybe 5 to 10 percent of it was true. Now I think it's zero percent.

I care about the people saying they're protecting us not protecting us. That's a big zero.

I can't really make fun of zombies. They're not liars. They're not cheats.

Life feels more vivid in a conflict zone. It is clear what matters, and who you can count on, for what.

I just want to be a guy that's reliable, make sure I take care of the football, make plays in situational downs, get in the end zone, help the offense move the ball, and win games.

Bugs Bunny - the perfect employee. Never absent. Never late. Never changes the script. Doesn't have an agent. Never asks for a percent of the profit. Doesn't ask to have his relatives on the payroll.