Believability Quotes

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

  Edward R. Murrow

  Truth, Honesty, Integrity

  Testimony before a Congressional Committee, pdaa.publicdiplomacy.org. May 1963.

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• The truth will set you free: believability will give you credibility.

  Garrison Wynn

  Truth Will Set You Free, Giving, Credibility

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• To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

  Yann Martel

  Life, Philosophy, Mean

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.51, Canongate Books

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• I believe in research you cannot do enough research; believability comes out of what's real.

  John Lasseter

  Real, Believe, Research

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• In writing I search for believability, simplicity, and emotional impact.

  Hal David

  Writing, Emotional, Impact

  "Music Legend Hal David Passes, But His Lyrics Still Resonate" by Brian Levin, J.D., www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2012.

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• If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?

  Yann Martel

  Believe, Belief, Life Of Pi Book

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.424, Canongate Books

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• In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.

  Mary GrandPre

  Character, Fog, Creating

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• The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing is more believable than the product itself.

  Leo Burnett

  Opinion, Advertising, Economy

  Leo Burnett (1961). “Communications of an Advertising Man: Selections from the Speeches, Articles, Memoranda, and Miscellaneous Writings of Leo Burnett”

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• If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?

  Yann Martel

  Life, Believe, Love Is

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.424, Canongate Books

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• If you stumble over mere believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe? Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter. Reason is the very best tool kit. Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater

  Yann Martel

  Believe, Love Is, Life Is Hard

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• You need to be real enough to be believable, but you don't necessarily have to be real enough to be real. There is a distinction.

  Bradley Whitford

  Real, Needs, Enough

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• An open ear is the only believable sign of an open heart.

  David W Augsburger

  Motivational, Relationship, Communication

  "The New Freedom of Forgiveness". Book by David W Augsburger, March 13, 2000.

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• The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to work a subject down to the simplest form possible and still have it believable for what it is meant to be.

  Chuck Jones

  Thinking, Essence, Drawing

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• Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable.

  Paul Lynde

  Comedy, Realism, Exaggerated

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• I hope that what it comes down to at the end of the day is that people believe that I believe what I'm singing. It comes down to being believable. You don't have to be likeable; generally, though, I think I am.

  John Mayer

  Believe, Thinking, People

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• Pixar films are not realistic. They are believable for the worlds we are creating.

  John Lasseter

  Creating, World, Pixar

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• I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Attitude, Thinking, Important

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• I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Song, Writing, Thinking

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• When you're faced with a choice, you have one of three choices that you can have. You can have those with power decide. You can have one man, one vote. Or you can have believability-weighted decision-making.

  Ray Dalio

  Men, Choices, Decision

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• It's something that people relate to - and I hope my kid doesn't relate to - but there's a level of believability in playing complex characters. You know, Christopher Walken has done some hilarious comedies, De Niro. There's great room for complexity and darkness to do well in comedies.

  Jeremy Sisto

  Kids, Character, People

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• I don't even know of a room that doesn't have a flat-screen TV in it. These are things that just come in environments these days. And if you were going to walk into a space, where did you come from? Was there a bathroom around the corner? These are things that are authentic, and that's what makes successful television. It's not pre-produced garbage. It's believability and connection. The environment has to tell that story.

  James Pearse Connelly

  Successful, Space, Connections

  "What goes into designing The Biggest Loser's sets, stages, and chill rooms?". Interview with AVC, tv.avclub.com. June 27, 2016.

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• Social engineers veil themselves in a cloak of believability.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Veils, Social, Cloaks

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• You can make low-budget film as long as there is something compelling about the characters. There is a believability in the chemistry and a likeability amongst the characters.

  Mark McGrath

  Character, Long, Chemistry

  Source: collider.com

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• I recently found myself going through a period of uncertainty about my future as a performer, my status as a personality, the believability of my Christian witness and the knowledge of God's will in my life. I felt a force bigger than myself saying, 'Lay back. Take it easy. Study hard. Read your bible. Think, write and keep your mouth shut for awhile.'

  Johnny Cash

  Christian, Writing, Thinking

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• It is universally appreciated, I think, that theorists are able to tweak their assumptions in order to reach any conclusion they wish. The believability of the conclusion depends not only on the fact that it was reached but on how hard the theorist had to tweak the model to get there.

  David M. Kreps

  Thinking, Order, Wish

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