Carly Fiorina Quotes

In most daily journalism, you only fact-check something if it seems a little fishy.

With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to follow his tracks in the war. When I got there, there was a certain satisfaction in finding I had it right - it does look like that.

There have been many times when we have not run stories because we cannot get it verified.

Well can I just say unlike my predecessors, Conservative and Labour, I have set up an independent body that studies whether what I'm saying is true, whether I've met the targets that I set out.

There are checks and balances in science. There's somebody checking the people doing the science, and then there's somebody who checks the checkers and somebody who checks the checker's checkers.

My inclination, as an old-school, classically trained journalist, is not to go with a story unless I have it hard. It's not good enough to say something based on rumors that were flying around.

So, in a sense, the verification piece is irrelevant to the format issue.

If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked.

When employers are faced with substantial penalties for discrimination, then they'll begin to do something.

The true contrast between science and myth is more nearly touched when we say that science alone is capable of verification.

When we hear news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

If there is to be peace in our industrial life, let the employer recognize his obligation to his employees

Institutions are created to address human frailties and human failures to meet human needs, but unfortunately, institutions are staffed by humans, so more institutions are created to address the failures of the original institutions.

I think there are ways that graduate students can fact-check their work. I think there are ways that we can do this that don't require massive amounts of resources.

My goal was never to withhold information; my goal was to make sure everything was accurate, and frequently it wasn't.

I used to have a pseudonym for Twitter, and I'm trying to get my check to verify me.

Anything that's signed by me on EBay is a forgery and not authentic.

In order for me to 'endorse' an intelligence, I need to carry out lots of research.

What I saw in Baltimore was distressing and it tells me we need stronger policies in this country.

I always tell my fans that are closest to me, if it's not coming from my mouth, my website, or my appointed person, then it's generally not true. Or it's an exaggeration.

A lot of people my age are dead and you could look it up.

I have friends that I have made through Twitter or things like that, but they're all verified as real people - I've either seen them perform, or we're mutual fans of each other, something like that. I don't have any authentic. I have a lot of good people in my actual life, but I will say that it's a strange time that we live in - it's easy to make friends and to make connections through social media, and if you're a good-hearted person, sometimes you can just assume people are who they say they are, and that isn't always the case.

No mandatory prison term for employers who hire illegals.

You need me? You yell. You want to leave? We go. I'll get you out of here, no matter what.

Many think that when they have confessed a fault there is no need of correcting it.