Virgil Quotes

If you know what you're talking about, or if you feel that you do, the reader will believe you.

Authority's for sharing only when the sharer is sure of his (or hers).

People trust I know what I'm doing. I have lots of credibility. I've had years of learning. I know and understand my business.

I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's.

I'm lucky. As soon as I open my mouth, people see I know what I'm talking about, and when I leave the room, I think most say, 'She's OK.'

We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.

I have a credibility on the subject that most people don't.

In an age that is sometimes nowadays frightening or confusing, we feel reassured by the almost parental-like authority of experts who tell us so clearly what it is we can and cannot do.

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen into good hands - someone from whom you can accept the anesthetic with confidence.

There’s no institution that you can trust all the time.

Believe one who has proved it. Believe the expert.

Trust is an important lubricant of a social system. It is extremely efficient; it saves a lot of trouble to have a fair degree of reliance on other people's word. Unfortunately this is not a commodity which can be bought very easily.

If I had the uniform on, you didn't doubt for a moment I was a pilot. No one ever blinked an eye if I tried to cash a cheque wearing that uniform.

One is sometimes meant to reassure the reader that she's qualified to write about a certain topic.

If you don't believe I'm a professional, do not sign me. And if you've signed me on a certain belief, don't question my integrity.

You can't say Charles doesn't know what he's talking about.

Of course, I'd love to be regarded as a voice of authority.

All I ask is for people to trust me.

I think people can generally trust me, but they can trust me exactly because they know they don't have to.

You must have the confidence to override people with more credentials than you whose cognition is impaired by incentive-caused bias or some similar psychological force that is obviously present. But there are also cases where you have to recognize that you have no wisdom to add - and that your best course is to trust some expert.

Trust is the essence of Leadership.

The more credible you are, the more confidence people place in you, thereby allowing you the privilege of influencing their lives.

Somewhere, at some point, somehow, somebody decided that death equals credibility.

We all trust each other to some extent. We have to rely on experts to some extent, but we should learn to be sceptical.

People should and do trust me.