Quotes About Trust

Ratings agencies are the glue that ostensibly holds the entire financial industry together.

Facing fewer subscriptions, ratings drops, et al., media is catching on: people don't want endless editorializing. They want the facts, Jack. If you're going to be op/ed, at least be up front about it.

What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to be believing something despite the absence of evidence or rational argument for it.

I think it's rational to assume the best in other people because most people are pretty decent.

The interesting thing about blockchain is that it has made it possible for humanity to reach a consensus about a piece of data without having any authority to dictate it.

When I reach out to people to ask them to be involved in anything I shoot, I want them to want to share their story.

I have learned that you need to have patience, perseverance, and faith in people to reach your goals.

Take Google Maps or Waze. On the one hand, they amplify human ability - you are able to reach your destination faster and more easily. But at the same time, you are shifting the authority to the algorithm and losing your ability to find your own way.

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.

A lot of people hoped that I died during my ill health. Some even reached out to the vice-president to consider them to be his deputy because they assumed I was dead.

Banking now is like sending a letter: you send it, you don't know if it reached there. Ripple is more like sending an iMessage: you send it, and you immediately know.

It's really comforting for me and Jeff, at least, that after 12 years we finally feel we've reached a place where we can be more honest, real and loving with each other. And we're finally in a band that we know is good, and deserves the credit it's getting.

What you don't do is contacting someone you haven't reached out for 10 years and asking for money.

The Barcelona players have reached an amazing mutual understanding that they can play with their eyes closed.

Politics is intensely physical: your hands touch, clasp and hold, and your eyes are always reaching for contact. None of this came naturally to me. I'd always put my trust in words and let the words do the work, but in politics, the real message is physical.

I used to isolate a lot, but now I've been reaching out and leaning on other people.

The danger is you never know if people are actually saying what they mean. I've learned you never know how someone will react.

Everyone is your friend if you say yes, but say no and watch how they react. It's been a huge life lesson for me.

When you know someone for four-five years, you tend to know everything about the person. You tend to know when the other person is reacting to a certain situation, how the other person would react in a situation.

The only honest reaction and true loyalty that we get is from our animals.

I think that any time you share a secret, you're a little nervous about people's reaction to it.

The only honest reaction and true loyalty we get is from our animals. Once they're your friends, you can do no wrong.

The lack of trust in supranational entities and cosmopolitan elite creates a fertile ground for tribalist belongings and reactionary politics.

Gentlemen don't read each other's mail.