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Trust Quotes


"That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility of our being mistaken in all matters of humane Belief and Inquiry."


"I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em."


"Distrust won't do good to you.But still if you ever do.Doubt you husband, Maybe doubt your wife.But never suspect, your kid's father, or the mother of your child."


"I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano."


"Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going to deceive you. I've been conned a couple of times, but now I'm a little more savvy."


"Our cattlemen have given us the safest, most abundant, most affordable beef supply in the world and I trust their judgment. And if you look at consumer confidence in this country, so does the American public."


"I hope when people ask what you're going to do with your English and/or creative writing degree you'll say: ... Carry it with me, as I do everything that matters."


"The essence of good government is trust."



"Let's put aside the politics and trust the people. Let's embrace the unique opportunity we all have; take the heat and make the hard and difficult decisions, knowing that we're doing it to make things better for the people of Illinois."



"A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory."


"Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it."


"People are rapidly losing hope and trust. They believe their government has been captured by special interests and no longer cares about them, and they are right."


"That's a great feeling to know that I'm going into a project that I have no idea what will become of that movie, but I really trust Ang Lee. And I really trusted Ron. It's just really nice to work with people that you feel that way about."


"This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment."


"Trust is like glass. Lovely, but only a fool rests lots of weight on it."


"I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill."


"Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence."


"Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife unless the one is to be sold and the other to be buried."


"I don't trust the Bee Gee's because there's no way they could always be happy."



"If the Labour party goes back to reasserting its socialist and democratic beliefs, that's where I belong."


"You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently - and I think that is what is going to make the difference."



"Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience."


"There was always a screen behind which one could hide- a superior who in turn had his superior- orders, instructions, duties, commands- and finally the many-headed monster, morale, necessity, hard reality, responsibility, or whatever it was called- there was always a screen behind which to evade the simple law of humanity."


"As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad."



"Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians."


"I know there has long been a great frustration among the African Americans in Nevada over their belief that we have not adequately responded to their desires to become more educated and more productive citizens."


"Well, bloody noses.' I hug his coat tighter. 'Those are definitely hot."



"In virtually every industry the most trusted brand is also the most profitable. Frequency led to awareness, awareness to familiarity, and familiarity to trust. And trust, almost without exception, leads to profit."


"How do I know you'll keep your word?" asked Coraline."I swear it," said the other mother. "I swear it on my own mother's grave.""Does she have a grave?" asked Coraline."Oh yes," said the other mother. "I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back."


"Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it."


"Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks."


"Do not fall prey to the false belief that mastery and domination are synonymous with manliness."


"You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses... I have a real duty to earn the trust of the faculty. I don't just deserve it. I have to earn it."
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