Zeldar
November 24, 2015, 2:55pm
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Many variations of this “old saw” appear with a search for examples.
Maybe we can collect some favorites, or, better still, come up with some of our own.
All seriousness aside!
– One instance from believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see | Encyclopedia.com
**believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see ** – a warning against over-reliance on one’s own experience recorded from the mid 19th century; a related Middle English saying warns that you should not believe everything that is said or that you hear, and a letter of the late 18th century has, ‘You must not take everything to be true that is told to you.’
Chimera
November 24, 2015, 3:11pm
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“90% of everything is bullshit”
simster
November 24, 2015, 3:32pm
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“73% of all statistics are made up on the spot”
“Lies, damned lies, and statistics” - Twain/Disraeli/Other, Not Specified
WordMan
November 24, 2015, 4:14pm
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People say believe ha-alf of what you hear, and certainly none of what you see.
But if it’s true, please tell me dear, 'cuz you mean that much to me.
Dragwyr
November 24, 2015, 5:05pm
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“If you open your mind too much, your brain will fall out.”
racer72
November 24, 2015, 5:10pm
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50% of the people will believe this, 50% of the people won’t. The other 30% don’t really care.
Who do you believe, me or your lying eyes?
It has to be true if its on the TV. Its, like, the law or something.
cjepson
November 24, 2015, 6:33pm
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“Half of what you read is bull, and the other half is shit.”
“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
– Bilbo
Knoll’s Law of Media Accuracy: Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for the rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge.
gracer
November 25, 2015, 10:13am
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The Daily Mail Song. Beautiful.
“Brussels politicians want to stop us drinking English ale,
it’s absolutely true because I read it in the Daily Mail.”