Quotes About Reliability

Doing it all the time, whether or not we are in the mood, gives us ownership of our writing ability. It takes it out of the realm of conjuring where we stand on the rock of isolation, begging the winds for inspiration, and it makes it something as do-able as picking up a hammer and pounding a nail. Writing may be an art, but it is certainly a craft. It is a simple and workable thing that can be as steady and reliable as a chore—does that ruin the romance?

Morty trusted trees far more than he did people. 'You know what a tree can and cannot give you,' he said in one interview. 'It's very straightforward that way. And I am not talking about that cruel Silverstein book, one of the only children's books I've ever thought ought to be banned.

Is there anything more plausible than a second hand?

why should we expect our collective memory – which we call history – to be any less fallible than our personal memory?

You might even ask me to apply my 'theory' to myself and explain what damage I had suffered a long way back and what its consequences might be: for instance, how it might affect my reliability and truthfulness. I'm not sure I could answer this, to be honest.

Perhaps I just feel safer with the history that's been more or less agreed upon.

Her computer was still in the bag she was carrying, so it was safe. She rushed to her closet to check the cubby where she hid her backup drive. It was exactly where she'd left it.

Having an interpreter doesn't mean you are getting the right information. Immediately it should raise the red flag.

as far as tomorrow is concerned, even the weather report isn't very reliable, you know.

As we have seen, so many of the things we once took for granted have proved unreliable that we may have to "forget" old ways of thought in order to meet the current challenges.

This is a good reminder that no one in the world is a reliable source for their own story.

There's three things you should never believe—weather forecasts, the canteen menu, and intel.

Will always assumed that when people insisted they weren't lying about a particular thing, that meant they were lying about something else.

what she really wanted from him, needed from him, was to know that she could always pick up the phone and he would be there. That was all Lena had ever wanted from Hank. That was actually the one thing he had always given her.

Angie always came back.

Charlie's affable countenance stood in direct opposition to their mother's line. Her face, even with the bruises, was clearly still beautiful. She had always been so clever in the way that made people laugh rather than recoil. Relentlessly happy, Gamma had said. The kind of person people just like.

Trust isn't a gift, Cameron. You earn it, and it's not cheap.

Well... they say friends help you move and good friends help you move bodies.

Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine and anger to reveal it.

Men make the best friends.

A man may smile and bid you hail Yet wish you to the devil; But when a good dog wags his tail, You know he's on the level.

I'm not a gambling-man. I have never bet a dollar in all my life.

A lot of boys will let me down but a real man wouldn't do it like that.

Men come and go but bills are forever.