Quotes About Trust

I just want everybody to know that I'm opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.

Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don't have enough of, or the right kind of. It's an ongoing process. The opposite of faith is despair.

In my experience it's not essential to get on with the person that you're acting opposite.

For those that fear being taken advantage of by people working from home or on flexible schedules, I can say my experience is quite the opposite. Employees are so appreciative of these accommodations that they outperform their coworkers and are less likely to be poached by the competition.

I haven't been in Washington long, but I have learned that it is a place filled with people who say one thing to get elected and do the opposite once they get there.

So people ask, 'But how can you work for a friend?' I say it's because I know that the magazine is called 'O.' The bottom line is somebody has to have the final word. Oprah's not right all the time, but her record is pretty damn good. That's not to say you can't disagree.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.

I'm an optimist, and I'll stay in situations for much longer than I should, just thinking that they'll work themselves out.

The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe that the horse and I can do it and that we will do it. And I am always shocked when we actually don't do it. If the analytical mind ever overrode that optimist in me, I'd be in some serious trouble.

I think maybe I'm just a little too optimistic? I hope for the best in every situation and want to see the good in people.

I'm very optimistic, but I'm optimistic about individuals, not institutions.

I always try to be cautiously optimistic.

I think we've all been in relationships - whether they're romantic relationships or not - where there are things that you excuse because you want it to work, because you are hopeful, because you've invested in this relationship, and you might not otherwise let them fly, but you're being optimistic.

When you want to fall in love, you ignore red flags in the optimistic hope that it does work out.

A long-term manager is a better option than a short-term one, but you've got to get the right man.

Honestly is always an option, even when you don't think it is.

When we look at the majority of the American people, when they believe that their leadership is letting them down, there is only one option out there for us, and that's to change that leadership.

I think with time you don't have an option but to listen to your wife.

I think I put myself in a position where I have all kinds of opportunities available to me, if God forbid something doesn't work out, at least I have other options.

Oracle is not known for its high levels of customer satisfaction.

'Orange' is fun. Even when we're doing super-intense, emotional, or physical stuff, we're having fun. We're checking in with each other; we know about each other's lives and know each other's families and relationships. We're really friends.

There was an opinion expressed in the newspapers that, after 20 years, maybe the Israel Philharmonic should consider asking me to leave. I thought they might have a point, so I asked my orchestra. They told me overwhelmingly that they wanted me to stay.

The orchestra confides in me about their music director or their conductor, and I've never seen a conductor that's been liked by everyone.