Reliability Quotes

I suspect that the happiest people you know are the ones who work at being kind, helpful and reliable - and happiness sneaks into their lives while they are busy doing those things. It is a by-product, never a primary goal.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.

To be persuasive we must be believable. To be believable, we must be truthful.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Rather judge a person by his actions than by his words; because many act badly and speak splendidly.

Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep.

… he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.

It appears that there are enormous differences of opinion as to the probability of a failure with loss of vehicle and of human life. The estimates range from roughly 1 in 100 to 1 in 100,000. The higher figures come from the working engineers, and the very low figures from management. What are the causes and consequences of this lack of agreement? Since 1 part in 100,000 would imply that one could put a Shuttle up each day for 300 years expecting to lose only one, we could properly ask "What is the cause of management's fantastic faith in the machinery? .. It would appear that, for whatever purpose, be it for internal or external consumption, the management of NASA exaggerates the reliability of its product, to the point of fantasy.

I'm as involved as I can be. Whenever I'm asked to do something, I always tend to show up.

Your word is your honor. If you say you're going to do something, then you need to do it.

Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure.

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement.

No trusting without testing

You can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool them all of the time.

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

BioRhythm was a perfect fit for me, as I can relate to the company's attention to detail when producing its products to a very dedicated fan base. Detail is a key to my success on the football field.

How can we expect others to keep our secrets if we cannot keep them ourselves?

Great nations like great men must keep their word.

Women are the only correspondents to be depended on.

The truthful man is usually a liar.

A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind. Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties...and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.