what do you call it when someone always has to be right?
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Someone who thinks they are always right but are, in fact, not right is often described as being cocksure. Completely confident in their own ability or knowledge but with no justification.
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Reliable people live with confidence, integrity and clear consciences. They keep their promises, and obligations. Not only can other people count on them, but a reliable person can count on themselves. This breeds the courage and confidence one needs to take on greater challenges and adventures.
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“If You Always Do What You've Always Done, You'll Always Get What You've Always Got.” ~ Henry Ford. The premise of this quote is if you want something different out of your life you have to put something different into it. If we keep doing the same thing, we'll keep getting the same thing.
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COMMON If someone or something has a lot to answer for, they are responsible for something bad that has happened. My God, his mother's got a lot to answer for!
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Proverb. a stopped clock is right twice a day. A normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident.
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A person may be considered to be lacking in common sense if they continue to believe or do something when there is evidence to suggest they would be better off thinking/acting differently. We often say that such a person is “set in their ways” and unable to change.
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Usually, describing someone as having a tenacious personality is a compliment. It's saying he/she will fight for his/her beliefs, that he/she will not stop until the job is complete. However, it could be negative if a person is annoying with his asking, or is persistent in a bad habit.
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phrase. If someone who is involved in an argument or dispute has behaved in a way which is morally or legally wrong, you can say that they are in the wrong.
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“Right and wrong is just a matter of opinion.” “Everyone has their own opinion about right and wrong.” “In ethics, no one's views are any better than anyone else's.” “We have the ethical views we do because of our upbringing and our society.” “What's right for me is one thing, what's right for you is another thing.” “ ...
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or to a T. perfectly, or in exactly the right way. His job suits him to a tee. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary.
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Have you ever heard someone say, "That's just semantics?" Basically, they're saying you're picking apart the meaning of a word to draw a different conclusion but it all means the same thing. It's possible the person saying, "It's just semantics," is wrong, though.
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Logic is used to reach a conclusion using the most accurate route available to us / mankind. Common sense however is not always accurate and can sometimes be based on assumptions, social acceptance and no facts.
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When we do correct someone I think the key is to do it in a spirit of “yes, I'm just like you and I make that mistake too.” Judgment is when a person places himself/herself on a higher plane and speaks as one who is better than the other... But humble correction is when two fallible people stand side by side looking at ...
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To “rely on” is objectival (strong, solid) and we automatically understand it as “can be evidently felt” or “strongly reliable”. To “trust” is just a belief without feeling reasoning or evidences.
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of the opinion. phrase. If someone is of the opinion that something is the case, that is what they believe. [formal] Frank is of the opinion that the 1934 yacht should have won.
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"Anytime" means that the person would do a similar act for you at any time. Which implies that one is so favored that they would always extend themselves on his/her/them behalf. Unlike other terms like you're welcome, thank you which seem more of courteous reply rather than really meaning it.
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['Right Information.', 'Right Person.', 'Right Purpose.', 'Right Time.', 'Right Way.']