Quotes About Trust

Pascal, if I remember rightly, would not suffer his mother to kiss him as he feared the contact of her sex.

Ah, there's no friends like the old friends.

Funny the way those newspaper men veer about when they get wind of a new opening. Weathercocks. Hot and cold in the same breath. Wouldn't know which to believe. One story good till you hear the next. Go for one another baldheaded in the papers and then all blows over. Hail fellow well met the next moment.

and, as a matter of fict, by my halfwife, (...)

whatever he did, never to peach on a fellow

La gente aguantaba que les mordiera un lobo pero lo que verdaderamente les sacaba de quicio era que les mordiera una oveja.

Did you hear what I said? asked Stephen, bending towards her. I told you I had no money. I tell you again now. —Well, sure, you will some day, sir, please God, the girl answered after an instant. —Possibly, said Stephen, but I don't think it likely.

O Sweetheart, hear thou Your lover's tale A man shall have sorrow When friends him fail. For he shall know then Friends be untrue And a little ashes Their words come to But one onto him Will softly move And softly woo him In ways of love. His hand is under Her smooth round breast So he who has sorrow Shall have rest.

They introduced themselves as Agent Jones and Agent Brown — their real names, I later learned, though at the time I didn't believe them.

Scripture should be accepted as truth by those who believe it is God-inspired. Here's

Can you do anything to bring about a miracle? The answer: God is God, we're not. But for reasons unknown, just as God willingly relates with us, so also he partners with us. He makes miracles happen; through our prayers we can see them happen.

A healthy skepticism is good, even God-given. However, a need to cynically dismiss anything we cannot personally verify is arrogance. God

There's no substitute for loyalty.

If we break promises to God, shouldn't we be allowed an occasional violation of our word to our friends and superiors?

The human spirit is frail. People believe whatever they need to believe. I feel sorry for all of them.

When you love somebody, you give up making decisions just for yourself.

But the rain gods went away. They ain't coming back, either." "How do you know that?" "They got no reason to. We don't believe in them no more.

it can reach a murderous intensity within minutes over a betrayed trust, a lie, a wrong against a family member.

That's good. Because if you love somebody, or if you love the church, like I do, then you don't ever have to be afraid. People are only superstitious when they're afraid. That's an important lesson for little people to learn.

Nobody ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

We get hurt worse by the people whom we care about. And they seldom mean to do it. That's what makes it so painful, kiddo.

I'm not telling the troot, no?

Straight shooters always win

Advice might be cheap, but there is nothing facile about the faith of those to whom we give it.