Quotes About Reliability

There are two kinds of fidelity - that of dogs and that of cats; and you gentlemen, have the fidelity of cats who never leave the house.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life

Experience, after all, is a trustworthier friend than intuition.

the great statistician Frederick Mosteller had a point when he said, "It is easy to lie with statistics, but it is easier to lie without them." Nevertheless, there are some steps you can take to, as Huff put it, "talk back to a statistic." Among the biggies recommended by many scientists is to ask a simple question: Does the figure, finding, or correlation make sense, that is, accord with what you know of objective reality?

For is not a Book the most reliable of Companions--and generally among the most stimulating as well? No need to worry about amusing or pleasing or making a good impression on a Book, when its only purpose is to entertain and, perhaps, instruct. And if it should fail in that purpose, one can merely return it to its shelf, without so much as a by-your-leave and no occasion for anxiety about its wounded Pride, either.

You don't have to be 'adults'... but be someone who can take responsibility for their own words and actions. Believe it or not, that's actually harder.

The more miraculous a technology is, the more prone it is to catastrophic breakdown.

Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.

You can't trust other people. If it's important, you have to do it yourself.

And there ain't nothin' like a friend who can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind. -- Neil Young, "Ambulance Blues" from "On the Beach" (1974)

have a large, steady, dependable income, consistent with integrity and mutual benefit

Piénsalo bien y reconoce que no hay amigo como el árbol, adonde quiera que te vuelvas siempre lo encuentras a tu lado, vayas pisando tierra firme o móvil mar alborotado, estés meciéndote en la cuna o bien un día agonizando, más fiel que el vidrio del espejo y más sumiso que un esclavo.

You can take a book to the beach without worrying about sand getting in its works. You can take it to bed without being nervous about it falling to the floor should you nod off. You can spill coffee on it. You can sit on it. You can put it down on a table, open to the page you're reading, and when you pick it up a few days later it will still be exactly as you left it. You never have to be concerned about plugging a book into an outlet or having its battery die.

authority is no guarantee of truth, if authority is not tested.

I do not like inconsistent! Why must it be so?

even if Guy Pratt was the last out of the bar the night – or morning – before, his playing was faultless on stage, a tribute to his iron constitution or the fact that our music was too easy.

I have a strange kind of face; people trust me. More than that, they see in my face what they want to be there.

She turned her head slightly, to examine me out of each eye, as though each saw a different world but only one could be trusted.

Mother and daughter were both so rarely wrong they thought they could never be.

She liked the feel of him. He was clever, but straight-grained. Sound as an oak staff.

Commitment holds a solid, grounding energy that provides stability and structure to our lives.

You can't trust the internet.

just because a test or measurement is reliable doesn't mean it's valid.