Jimmy Smits Quotes

No trusting without testing

I'm a guy that verifies before he trusts.

Trust, but verify.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

It's impossible for an editor to know every source for every story.

Trust but verify. Doveryai no proveryai.

You can’t report on something that you don’t know about.

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

Before I take an offer seriously, I do my own research.

I find it hard to argue with Reagan's old slogan: Trust, but verify.

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

Never trust anyone without a vested interest.

There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them

I have great admiration for the fact-checking team. Considering it takes me years to gather all the facts in my books, it's a daunting task for the fact-checkers to review all of that material in a matter of weeks.

I don't think the Internet is necessarily a dangerous place. It's only dangerous if you don't make people earn your trust. You can't take people at their word. You got to do a little digging and make sure to verify that you are talking to a real person or the person that you think you're talking to.

I don't take a stance to score political points. That's not what I'm about. That's not why the people hired me. If I do take a stand on something, it's because I've thoroughly researched it.

Beware of current truths.

I'm not the kind of person to jump into a relationship with a guy. I do a lot of figuring out about the person and his background, what he wants, and why he is interested in me.

I don't trust news sources, and neither should other people. They should use them in the same way that they use medical opinions and get more than one on the important issues. Trust is the most precious thing you could possibly give to another person. But to institutions? Publications?

That's the part I kept trying to say on Queen Radio: I don't have to believe you because you're saying it. I'm not saying you're a liar, I learned that long ago too. There's a big difference between you're a liar and I don't believe you.

I would ruin my credibility if I put my stamp of approval of anything I didn't do my due diligence on.

Before I even agreed to work with Hennessy and the Privilege Awards, I wanted to do some research on it, look up past winners, and find out more about it.

You've accepted a lot of things without evidence. Find out what the evidence is for that. Find out what the evidence is for everything that you accept.

One of the differences between what happens when an author and a gossip columnist sit down to write a book is that the former tends to make every effort at disguising and protecting their sources, while the latter doesn't particularly care.

I would never advocate anyone doing anything without educating themselves and finding out exactly what they're in for.