Thomas De Quincey Quotes

It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on memory alone.

He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.

People become trustworthy when they are trusted.

I want my clients to trust me.

I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust.

I have a great memory.

Having those people that you trust implicitly is so important.

Mihir is one of the most secure men that I have ever come across in my life.

I trust anybody's memory more than I trust mine.

It is important for a racing driver, for myself and for the team, that we can say that we trust each other, and it is not lightly said.

What we're trying to do at Yahoo is build our products so they're safe and trustworthy, not just secure.

Every one complains of a poor memory, no one of a weak judgment.

Building trust means thinking about trust in a positive way.

You think I'm a fool?" demanded Harry. "No, I think you're like James," said Lupin, "who would have regarded it as the height of dishonor to mistrust his friends.

Trust. Such an easy word. Such an impossible quality.

Trust is a skill learned over time so that, like a well-trained athlete, one makes the right moves, usually without much reflection.

I ask for trust. It is a lot, I know; it isn't easy to give. But it is all I ask.

Success in any relationship or endeavor begins with trust.

The key ingredient to building trust is not time. It is courage.

A bad memory is the mother of invention.

The world's greatest need . . . is mutual confidence. No human being ever knows all the secrets of another's heart. Yet there is enough confidence between mother and child, husband and wife, buyer and seller . . . to make social life a practical possibility. Confidence may be risky, but it is nothing like so risky as mistrust.

If you can't trust, you can't be trustworthy.

...yet a memory cannot be trusted, for so much of the experience of the past is determined by the experience of the present.

The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But in choosing the things that should be committed to memory the utmost are and forethought must be exercised; as lessons well learnt in youth are never forgotten.

A great many complimentary things have been said about the faculty of memory, and if you look in a good quotation book you will find them neatly arranged.