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Trust Quotes


"I got this idea about being afraid to let go of something and being afraid of sinking into a state of almost anesthesia, where you have to trust other people. Just the paranoia of it all. And it seemed to suit the frenetic track. So I just wrote it out and, you know, said it."


"You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash; that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically."


"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."



"Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work."



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



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



"I've worked with many directors, good ones and bad ones. So if I have a chance to work the good ones, I better put myself in their hands, and trust them, because that's my big opportunity to be different, and to be better than usual."


"I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone."


"Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged."


"My trust in you was like the small child's; who, when thrown in the air, expects to be caught, but you dropped me down, and not a moan escaped my lips."


"I don't like to think of it as 'stolen'. They have no proof that I didn't plan on giving it back.""You're kidding, right?"He shrugged. "You have no proof either."She squinted back at him. "Were you planning on giving it back?""Maybe."An orange light blinked on in the corner of Cinder's vision-her cyborg programming picking up on the lie."


"That's the most important thing for a sickness like ours: a sense of trust. If I put myself in this person's hands, I'll be OK. If my condition starts to worsen even the slightest bit - if a screw comes loose - he'll notice straight away, and with tremendous care and patience he'll fix it, he'll tighten the screw again, put all the jumped threads back in place. If we have that sense of trust, our sickness stays away."


"It's beyond belief that any Australian could be so stupid as to carry drugs into any country in Asia."


"There is no greater level and form of belief than believing in yourself."


"The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is all there is."


"While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course."


"The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization."


"I don't think I can answer questions about the trust fund."


"We've got a long career ahead of us and it's going to be great. Trust me."


"You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy."



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


"I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme Being."


"It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS."


"He knew I betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time."


"Trust holds fast, standing firm until deliverance arrives or a solution is found."


"I hope and trust the infinite, the eternal, and merciful and loving God. I worship Him and feel no guilt in my heart before him for what I am going to do."



"The moon splits open.We move through, waterbirds risingto look for another lake.Or say we are living in a love-ocean,where trust works to caulk our body-boat,to make it last a little while,until the inevitable shipwreck,the total marriage, the death-union.Dissolve in friendship,like two drunkards fighting.Do not look for justice herein the jungle where your animal soulgives you bad advice.Drink enough wine so that you stop talking.You are a lover, and love is a tavernwhere no one makes much sense.Even if the things you say are poemsas dense as sacks of Solomon's gold,they become pointless."


"You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it."


"That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you."



"You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it."
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