Credibility quotes
56 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave."
"I don't care about motivation. I care about credibility."
"To remove all credibility from what you're saying try wearing sunglasses on your forehead."
"If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility."
"I don't have credibility, I'm a comedian. I'm not Ed Murrow up on the roof in a London fog reporting on the blitz."
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"What's my credibility? Why are they looking to me for advice? Isn't there someone more qualified?"
"If you are wearing a bandana you better have something wise to say, because you are starting with a credibility deficit."
"His credibility is zilch, virtually nil."
"I always keep a firewall between my own travails and my perception of public-policy issues; otherwise I would retain no credibility as a commentator."
"A bombing was planned [in Syria], which would probably make the situation worse, but would at least establish US credibility."
"The short of it is, as an aspiring writer, there is nothing as damaging to your credibility as saying that you don't like to read."
