#tru

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#credible #must #persuasive #truthful

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#also #behold #communications #distribution #information

If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#decisions #people #side #their #trust

While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrifice empathy, the 'I feel your pain' connection that sustained Clinton. This connection is the shorthand people use to measure their leaders' intentions. If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#believe #careful #clinton #companion #connection

Slap-stick comedy is really funny, unless you're the one getting slapped with the stick. ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#funny #funny-but-true #funny-quotes #humor #humorous

I have always regarded global development as a struggle between the forces of good and evil. Not to be simplified as a struggle between Jesus and Satan, since I do not consider that the process is restricted to our own sphere of culture. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#between #consider #culture #development #evil

War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#aimed #being #collective #confrontation #faced

Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. ↗

— Nikola Tesla

#build #equation #eventually #experiments #mathematics

Fortunately, when Korea was struck by the 1997/8 financial crisis, that was a good opportunity for us to engage in fundamental reforms and strengthen our financial structure. As a result, our financial regulatory structure and regime have been very much strengthened. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#crisis #engage #financial #financial crisis #fortunately

What we have is North Korea still pursuing path to a nuclear weapon state. So the majority of people's trust in North Korea has gone down considerably. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#down #gone #korea #majority #north