Quotes about Accuracy

One thing the Bible does not do: it does not denigrate the mind. The Bible is not anti-intellectual. Rather it gives the reason why all of us know what we know, why we can think with some degree of accuracy, and why we fail to think with complete accuracy.

Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate, and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination.

Being politically correct means saying what's polite rather than what's accurate. I like to be accurate.

The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of a pint pot has had an admirable training in accuracy of eye and hand.

I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate.

Goodreads could be a source for knowledge but instead does all readers a supreme disservice by allowing the spread of false quotes on the Internet.

But that doesn't seem to matter; all that does matter is that the information comes from a reputable source.

Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth.

There is nothing in this world so hard to get at as truth, and there is nothing in this world but truth that I care for.

The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalise false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit.

Who doesn't know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?

The Bible's historical accuracy is a reminder that while "the heavens declare the glory of God," there's also plenty of evidence among the rubble and ruins.