Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
And I’m afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.
In many ways, it was much, much harder to get the first book contract. The hardest thing probably overall has been learning not to trust people, publicists and so forth, implicitly.
I wouldn’t trust Nixon from here to that phone.
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
All great leaders choose great advisors, people they really trust for their governance.
If you wish in this world to advance your merits you’re bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven’t a chance.
I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I’ve disappointed.
Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that’s being pushed to the margins, and you can see it.
I once had a ‘best friend’ share private stories that I had told her in confidence to another mutual friend. I think the worst part, aside from the actual betrayal of trust, is that this experience affected my future relationships, as I was hesitant to be as open with my other friends.
There is something at work that’s bigger than us. It’s about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don’t worry or agonize about the outcome.
What is it that makes us trust our judges? Their independence in office and manner of appointment.
Pakistanis can’t trust. They’ve seen in history that people, particularly politicians, are corrupt. And they’re misguided by people in the name of Islam. They’re told: ‘Malala is not a Muslim, she’s not in purdah, she’s working for America.’
Do I trust Yasser Arafat? Of course not. Why should I? Why should anyone trust a politician, whether Shimon Peres, Ariel Sharon, Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Benjamin Netanyahu, George W. Bush, or Yasser Arafat?
The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town.
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
People often say that a bad event is a ‘blessing in disguise.’ Trust me, experience will teach you that some are unbelievably well disguised. Everyone gets fired, or decides to make a radical change at some point. Everyone suffers setbacks.
If the response you finally receive from me is ‘thanks but no thanks’, then please accept at face value that I would really not be the right investor for you. You’ve got to trust me on this, and in this case take ‘no’ for an answer.
If you’re not open, you’re not transparent, you’re still holding on to vaults of information, you’re not going to build that trust.
Blood is thicker than water, so the fact that I have my sister always with me, it’s like you always have someone who’s your best friend and always have someone who has your back. You can always trust your family, and I’m lucky to have that.
As life has a way of unfolding as it is meant to, I have learned to trust life.
For me, I’m not a jealous person. That’s just not my thing. You have to have trust in your relationship.
In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.
The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.
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.
It is really hard when you spend your life living out of a suitcase. But it really does weed out superficial people – if someone is still with you after the second movie, then they’re probably a good one! I like to trust people in general – it’s the southern girl in me.
You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, it’s because I really don’t know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens next.
We have proclaimed to the world our determination ‘to die freemen, rather than to live slaves.’ We have appealed to Heaven for the justice of our cause, and in Heaven we have placed our trust.
Put the right people in the right places, and then you trust them to do the right stuff.
How I work is I work from of very character-driven place. And I trust the writers.
The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent.
It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
The Iranian people, with regards to the policies of various American administrations in the past 30 years, are very worried. They don’t trust them.
Not to be too preachy, but I would really recommend to people, if you get the chance, to trust yourselves to leap without a net, because that will build the confidence. You know, you might shock yourself with how much you don’t need a net because you can catch yourself.
What I’ve learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment.
I don’t think it’s true that blondes have more fun… Trust me, it is not true!
Resources are a trust of the nation, and each and every penny is being spent on public welfare projects honestly.
Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.
If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end.
Advice number one: listen to your gut – it’s never gonna lead you wrong. Number two: trust yourself. The root of everything is self-belief.
Be true to yourself, stay focused and stay you, take advice from other folks, use what you can, but never mind what is not for you. For the most part, trust yourself and believe in what you are doing.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.
Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use.
Every public company depends to some extent on the trust of its investors.
God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading everything, even your own mind and body.
Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.
And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust.
I trust my mum with anything. If I have a problem, my mum is always the first person I go to.
In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century, I can only follow – and trust – the same sort of instinct that one follows in the art of fiction.
Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
I had very few friends. There was nobody I could trust. I left home when I was fifteen. I lived in Washington Square Park.
I think the thing about love is that even though the things around us change, we as human beings, a lot of the ways we interact, and the ways we love each other is timeless. It requires trust, honesty, commitment, romance, and physical chemistry.
I love my country. It’s just the government I don’t trust.
This relationship is going to be built on trust.
My parents support and trust me a lot. They know I would never do anything that will be wrong for me and even if it is, they know I would be smart enough to own up and take a stand for myself, be responsible with what I’m doing.
With fame, you can’t trust everybody. You can’t depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what you’ve got you as a person. They will only be there because of what you’ve got and what you can bring to their life. It’s not a relationship-it’s a leech.
When you have a dream that you can’t let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take patience, and sometimes they require you to dig down very deep. Be sure you’re willing to do that.
