Be good Quote by Tim Harford Download Open image “British politicians used to be good at misleading people without actually lying.” — Tim Harford ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Be good British Lying Mislead People Politician Politics Used Used to be
To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special… — Peter Schuyler Copy Share Image
“The politics of the last twenty years in Britain are liars' politics. The problem is we are ruled by the weak and the small-minded,… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Politicians who wish to succeed must be prepared to dissemble, at times to lie. All deceit is bad. In politics some deceit or moral… — Woodrow Wyatt Copy Share Image
I must choose my words carefully in order to avoid any negative interpretation. Among politicians, this is a tactic known as lying. — Pat Paulsen Copy Share Image
I believe that politicians should speak the truth all the time. Invariably there will be occasions when you make statements that are factually incorrect… — Malcolm Turnbull Copy Share Image
People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they're lying or not doesn't matter. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
For all that the papers would say I was a liar, I took the words I was saying at briefings as seriously as Tony… — Alastair Campbell Copy Share Image
“The evolutionary algorithm--of variation and selection, repeated--searches for solutions in a world where the problems keep changing, trying all sorts of variants and doing… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
There's lots and lots of guys out there. The question is trying to find the right one. — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
If the whole process of learning from failure means discarding stuff that's not working, but in fact, our natural reaction is to keep going,… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
In many ways, love seems to be totally divorced from economics. But then you realize - well, the stakes are high. This is something… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
I don't think Brian Cox does 'The Wonders of the Solar System' because he believes the world would be a better place if people… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
Our society is intertwined with the economy that we've built, which is a fantastically complex system. I hope that my writing about it might… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
You show me a successful complex system, and I will show you a system that has evolved through trial and error. — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
I think the association of economics with forecasting is unfortunate and is down to the fact that one great way to get an investment… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
The more grotesque your boss's pay and the less he has do to earn it, the bigger the motivation for you to work with… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
Bill Phillips was this nervous, chain-smoking student. He had signed up to be an engineer, he had gone away to fight in the Second… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
“We should aim to make ours a world where people feel free to do things they enjoy, even if others are mildly inconvenienced, but… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
Loss aversion is a really disproportionate anxiety about stuff that doesn't matter very much. So for instance, if you lose $5, you feel really… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Peace is the result of love, and if love were easy we'd all be good at it. — Colman McCarthy Copy Share Image
Therefore, I see whatever exists as good, death is to me like life, sin like holiness, wisdom like foolishness, everything has to be as… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Most of us want to live in harmony and peace and be good to others. Right now, however, the world is in a very… — Hany Abu-Assad Copy Share Image
I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly. — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
The producers felt that 24 would be good for the audience, to really get to know who these 12 and 12 are. — Paula Abdul Copy Share Image
All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. — Paul Arden Copy Share Image
There's such cultural rot taking place, such a disintegration throughout our culture. Values, morality, you name it. Standards have been relaxed, and people are… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The difference in being good at some thing and being great at something is usually found in the little things. — Randy Anderson Copy Share Image
