Quotes for All
In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him. G. I. Gurdjieff
I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself. G. I. Gurdjieff
There is always more in one of Ramanujan’s formulae than meets the eye, as anyone who sets to work to verify those which look the easiest will soon discover. In some the interest lies very deep, in others comparatively near the surface; but there is not one which is not curious and entertaining. G. H. … Read more
Trust everybody, but cut the cards. Finley Peter Dunne
I you’re writing memoir, but it even comes up in fiction. People just assume that you’re writing thinly veiled autobiography. And particularly, I think, for people of color, our work is always seen as kind of anthropological artifact regardless. So, there’s always going to be that assumption, but even more so in a memoir because … Read more
There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge… observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination. Denis Diderot
I find it hard to argue with Reagan’s old slogan: Trust, but verify. David Hoffman
If youre a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins were about getting something wrong, that was a cardinal sin. The new sin is to be boring. David Halberstam
Pender laughed. Verify? In this day and age? Who cares about verifying anything? It’s all about the speed. Who gets there first defines the truth. You know that as well as any man living. David Baldacci
There are dozens of writings outside of the Bible that verify the historical accuracy of many of the names of people, places, and events mentioned in the Bible. In fact, external sources verify that at least eighty persons mentioned in the Bible were actual historical figures. Fifty people from the Old Testament, and thirty people … Read more