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Quotes About Trust

He made himself comfortable on his back and I climbed him, straddled his face . . . and leaned toward the headboard so I could keep my balance and stay in control, so I wouldn't fall on his nose.
~ Eric Jerome Dickey
He . . . took his wedding ring off, as if he had meant to do it while I showered, then put it on the nightstand, as if that was all it took for a married man to become unmarried . . .
~ Eric Jerome Dickey
The fallibility of human beings guarantees that no technological system will ever be infallible.
~ Eric Schlosser
We have found out… that we cannot trust some people who are nonconformists,' declared Ray Krock, one of the founders of Mcdonald's, angered by some of his franchisees. 'We will make conformists out of them in a hurry… The organization cannot trust the individual; the individual must trust the organization.
~ Eric Schlosser
A brand offers a feeling of reassurance when its products are always and everywhere the same.
~ Eric Schlosser
Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.
~ Eric Sevaeid
the cost incurred by the agent to commit itself not to act against the principal's interest (the bonding cost), and (3) costs associated with an outcome that does not fully serve the interests of the principal
~ Eric von Hippel
There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
~ Erica Jong
Denounce useless guilt. Don't make a cult of suffering. Live in the now(or at least the soon). Always do the things you fear most. Courage is an acquired taste like caviar. Trust all joy. If the evil eye fixes you in its gaze, look elsewhere. Get ready to be 87.
~ Erica Jong
Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world.
~ Erica Jong
Beware of the man who wants to protect you; he will protect you from everything but himself
~ Erica Jong
It is hard to open yourself to someone who might really love you. I kept trying to drive Ken away and he kept passing the test by staying.
~ Erica Jong
Who were my fictitious witches and what did they mean? Never ask that of yourself while writing. It may stop you cold. Just trust that if you believe in your characters, others will too. ... Whenever I thought too critically about my work, I couldn't write.
~ Erica Jong
If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
~ Erica Jong
Even now, we have laryngitis from screaming at each other: the dirty little secret of a durable marriage.
~ Erica Jong
Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartedness that requires the true courage-however often we are hurt as a result of it.
~ Erica Jong
Why is it so hard to be human being? I wonder. Why do we have to surrender? And to what? What if you refused to believe in a higher power? What if you thought you were the only trustworthy higher power? I have done that all my life and I know it doesn't work. You are not enough. Your will is not enough. But God? God is a pagan dream, conjured out of neediness.
~ Erica Jong
Maybe she will make our wishes come true before we burn her.
~ Erica Jong
E vinovat de adulter? Atunci e vinovat si de casatorie. Cum se poate merge in fata unui primar sau a unui preot pentru a primi garantia ca niciodata un barbat nu se va atinge de alta femeie decat de nevasta lui? Ce om in toate mintile va sustine asa ceva altfel decat constrans? Oprobiul meu se indreapta impotriva casatoriilor si juramintelor de castitate, nu impotriva adulterului, care mi se pare o desteptare sanatoasa a naturii.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Prietenia deseneaz? calea dreapt? a iubirii.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Si les hommes ont la naïveté de croire en Dieu, les chiens ont la naïveté de croire en l'homme.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Le mal, c'est la promesse qu'on ne tient pas...
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Moi, je n'ai pas peur, Momo. Je sais ce qu'il y a dans mon Coran.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Chi è deluso da Dio è deluso dagli uomini. Chi reclama un Dio onnipotente sogna uomini senza libertà.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt