Quotes About Reliability

The theories of men changed from day to day. Much that is taught new will tomorrow be in the discard, but the word of the Lord will endure forever.

I would say that the ability of people to agree on matters of fact not immediately visible—states of affairs removed from them in space and time—ramped up from a baseline of approximately zero to a pretty high level around the time of the scientific revolution and all that, and stayed there and became more globally distributed up through the Cronkite era, and then dropped to zero incredibly quickly when the Internet came along.

The problem with those honorable men," Avi says, "is that they expect everyone else to be honorable in the same way.

I would say that the ability of people to agree on matters of fact not immediately visible—states of affairs removed from them in space and time—ramped up from a baseline of approximately zero to a pretty high level around the time of the scientific revolution and all that, and stayed there and became more globally distributed up through the Cronkite era, and then dropped to zero incredibly quickly when the Internet came along. And

The reversion of Windows to a CLI when it was in distress proved to Mac partisans that Windows was nothing more than a cheap facade, like a garish afghan flung over a rotted-out sofa.

protects like a stack of telephone books.

Words are the least reliable purveyor of Truth.

A fine woman, that,' said Mr Appleby generously. 'Y' think so,' returned Fr Duddleswell, his mind not really on it. 'I would trust her with me life but not with anything important.

If you board an aircraft built according to science—with principles that have survived numerous attempts to prove them wrong—you have a far better chance of reaching your destination than you do in an aircraft constructed by the rules of Vedic astrology.

we ask the following questions before we listen to gossip: What is your reason for telling me this? Where did you get your information? Have you gone directly to the source? Have you personally checked out all the facts? Can I quote you if I check this out?2

On the other hand, as every cop knows, lies are like cockroaches—if you see one, there are others.

Use a gun that works every time. As George Washington said, 'All skill is in vain when an angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket.

If she'd been one of the crew on the Titanic, she'd have made everyone sign for the life jackets.

We left a bicycle at the station this morning. If you do the right thing by me I won't be able to ride it, but it's there, anyway.

But the foundation on which all of this rested was the underlying credibility of a borrower's promise to repay. (It is no coincidence that in English the root of 'credit' is credo, the Latin for 'I believe

non-Western countries had, until quite recently, highly unreliable legal systems and differing accounting rules. If a foreign trading partner decided to default on its debts, there was little that an investor situated on the other side of the world could do. In the first era of globalization, the solution to this problem was brutally simple but effective: to impose European rule.

For the friendships which we buy with a price, and do not gain by greatness and nobility of character, though they be fairly earned are not made good, but fail us when we have occasion to use them.

I may be irresponsible but I am a good irresponsible.

It takes a long time to grow an old friend. Trust is built one single moment at a time.

Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101.

It's about who walks into your life, says 'I'm here for you,' and then proves it.

But you're disappointed. He brushed a strand of hair from her face. It's not possible for you to disappoint me.

Vais encontrar muita gente pela vida fora que diz as palavras certas na altura certa. Mas, ao fim e ao cabo, é pelas suas acções que os deves julgar. São as acções e não as palavras que contam.

No one wants to hear everything that's in your head. They just want you to live up to what comes out of your mouth.