David Icke Quotes

I need to know everything inside quote marks is true.

If something is presented as a fact, it has to be correct.

I believe in research you cannot do enough research; believability comes out of what's real.

Fact-checking doesn't exist primarily because some of us are liars and cheats. It exists because writers will be writers, much as they may mean to be historians.

People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic.

Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate.

Tricks you need to transform something which appears fantastic, unbelievable into something plausible, credible, those I learned from journalism. The key is to tell it straight. It is done by reporters and by country folk.

When we hear news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

My goal was never to withhold information; my goal was to make sure everything was accurate, and frequently it wasn't.

I don't give false claims any due.

Just look carefully, I only want you to look carefully. Do not repeat the lies of liars. Do not become like them. Once again, I blame al-Jazeera before it ascertains what takes place. Please, make sure of what you say and do not play such a role.

Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.

I tend to mean what I say: in life, generally; in recipes, certainly.

People know accuracy when they read it; they can feel it.

My purpose is to make my narrative as truthful as possible.

The individual source of the statistics may easily be the weakest link.

If you ever want to get the facts straight about me or the Batman, please write to the original source, myself, for the truth, instead of second guessing.

If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility.

Search for the truth. I tell you things and I always ask you to verify what I say. I told you yesterday that there was an attack and a retreat at Saddam's airport.

Because what I say from that podium has got to be accurate, and I'm the only one who's going to be held liable if it's not accurate.

Unlike with the majority of library books, when you enter a term into a search engine there is no guarantee that what you will find is authoritative, accurate or even vaguely true.

The facts will speak for themselves. Credit them or not, but read!

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

You shouldn't use anything as the sole source for anything, in my view.

People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true.