Quotes about Accuracy

Early testimony supports historical claims. The closer the time between the event and testimony about it, the more reliable the witness, since there is less time for exaggeration, and even legend, to creep into the account.

The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.

Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Shall we not, like archers who have a mark to aim at, be more likely to hit upon what is right?

When (an advocate) is not thoroughly acquainted with the real strength and weakness of his cause, he knows not where to choose the most impressive argument. When the mark is shrouded in obscurity, the only substitute for accuracy in the aim is in the multitude of the shafts.

This is worrisome, not only because he is reading a translation from the original Hebrew or Greek that has already involved a great deal of interpretation, but also because it is such a short distance between believing you possess an error-free message from God and believing that you are an error-free messenger of God.

The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.

Fundamentalist Christians, adhering to what is termed 'creation science,' loudly promote the scientific accuracy of the Bible, but they sift or reinterpret science through the tiny mesh of their ideological filter. Not much real science gets through.

Sometimes in our zeal to "apply" a text, we fail to read the text in its context. And more often than we may all care to admit, our frustrations over how to apply a text can be completely resolved with a more accurate interpretation.

When you're writing theology, you have to say everything all the time, otherwise people think you've deliberately missed something out.

I am not given to exaggeration, and when I say a thing I mean it.