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Trust Quotes


"It is my belief that it is not the fact that he traveled as much as he did during the past few months as much as what he said and how he said it that hurt him."


"We've got to trust the politicians with these decisions."


"There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to redeem the nation in this its darkest hour: one only; I know of no other to which we may rationally trust for relief from impending dangers without and within."


"Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you, and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table. There's also some emotional response in there, so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing."


"When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that."


"It is my belief CAFTA will be beneficial for Alabama and the United States as a whole."


"Because Microsoft seems to sometimes not trust customer choice, they salt XP with all these little gizmos and trap doors to get people to try Microsoft stuff. But the reality is that we're downloading more players than we ever have on a worldwide basis."


"Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows something or has something that you can induce them secretly to give to you. That almost always involves a betrayal of trust."


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


"Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public."


"The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions."


"It has been a privilege beyond belief for me to have represented the State of Louisiana in Congress and to have been given the blessed assignment of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See."


"I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question."


"Bob summed it up best when he was on his knees at the end of the night saying, 'Don't trust in Guided By Voices.' You were there; was the show awful or something? I know it was sloppy, but they're not really that tight anyway, but was it embarrassing, was it sad?"


"I look into my heart and see the abyss looking back at me.''I won't let you fall."


"We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect... but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs."


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


"Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids to think and you don't trust yourself to be able to talk to them."


"Sci-fi nerds are respectful, honorable. You can trust them."



"I think the industry finally gets it. They've lost the connection with the American public, and they've got to rebuild the trust with the American public."


"I need you both to trust me," Vincent said. "I don't mean that I would like you to trust me. I mean that I need you to trust me."


"You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well."


"Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word."


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


"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."


"Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust."


"I therefore beg that you would indulge me with the liberty of declining the arduous trust."


"Trust is such a devious term. When you trust someone, are you not merely assuming that they are what they say that they are? If you place so much in the trust that you have for that one person, then you should place the same amount of trust in assuming that they are not what they appear to be. If there is a wall in front of you that does not allow you to do that, then you must place all of your trust in the fact that your trust is misplaced."


"We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists."


"Trust yourself, you will start to trust others."


"The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome."


"If we keep on ignoring and leaving children to their own devices at home, they become latchkey kids, and trust me, the consequences of that are not good."


"Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears."


"Beware some people are just talking to you to gain information to use against you. Be careful with what you say around others because it may not be understood the way you expected. There are those who are waiting for the opportunity to spread rumors. And, with only a few words your life has been turned into a soap opera."


"Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself."


"Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience."
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