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Quotes About Trust

History . . ." Jacobs spoke with terse authority. Brought Ori to a hush. "Is all full. And dripping. With the corpses. Of them who trusted the incorruptible.
~ China Mieville
Come on now," Vardy said. "You can have faith in anything," Vardy said. "Everything's fit to be worshipped.
~ China Mieville
Of course you didn't volunteer the information, or even damn well admit it. But shit, Uther, I came to you and confronted you with what I'd worked out, and you Ã¢â'¬Â¦ Well, you're too professional to give away anything that could come back to bite you, but if you'd wanted to mislead me or leave me thinking I was wrong you could have.
~ China Mieville
This gentleman is cactus," said Doul.
~ China Mieville
Is it more foolish and childish to assume there is a conspiracy, or that there is not?
~ China Mieville
The Weaver is a really godlike power. It's not even a blind idiot god, a sort of Lovecraft thing, it's just a purely capricious god. It's an intelligence you can't understand, so you can't trust it." -Amazon.com interview
~ China Mieville
A foolish husband fears his wife; a prudent wife obeys her husband.
~ Chinese
If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.
~ Chinese proverb
At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons.
~ Chinese proverb
A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.
~ Chinese proverb
What is told in the ear of a man is often heard 100 miles away.
~ Chinese proverb
Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden.
~ Chinese proverb
A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds.
~ Chinese proverb
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
~ Chinese proverb
Married couples tell each other a thousand things without speech.
~ Chinese proverb
The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind.
~ Chinese proverb
Gold is tested by fire, man by gold
~ Chinese Proverbs
He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me.
~ Chinese Proverbs
Tevekkül Allah'a! Köpe?in efendisi varsa kurdun da Tanr?'s? vard?r.
~ Chingiz Aitmatov
You must develop the habit of skepticism, not swallow every piece of superstition you are told by witch-doctors and professors.
~ Chinua Achebe
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
~ Chinua Achebe
When responsiveness is coupled with openness, though, intimacy can develop quickly.
~ Chip Heath
But they were devout Catholics, and they had tremendous faith in their marriage. She said that every night, after a tough day, they'd put their hands together in bed so that their rings touched, and they'd repeat their wedding vows to each other.
~ Chip Heath
Not cocky overconfidence that comes from collecting biased information and ignoring uncertainties, but the real confidence that comes from knowing you've made the best decision that you could.
~ Chip Heath