Randall Jarrell Quotes

People should be more passive with what they consider trustworthy.

In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.

If I tell you a story, you can choose to believe me, or you can question it.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.

The legitimacy of the West is contested by the very skepticism it holds so dear.

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

Trust comes before strength, and it becomes a conduit of influence. Your strength is a little bit threatening before people trust you.

We didn't exactly believe your story.' Then --?' 'We believed your two hundred dollars.' 'You mean --' She seemed not to know what he meant. 'I mean that you paid us more than if you'd been telling the truth,' he explained blandly, 'and enough more to make it all right.

I wouldn't trust you with a bucket of water if my knickers were on fire!

I think Abraham Lincoln said believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see.

I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too.

As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to.

Is that the truth, Jimmy?" I ask without looking at him. "It's the truth and it come to ya!" I smile.

The real question is should we trust people who don't like cheese?

Can you trust me, he said. Not will you. Can you. Can I trust him? What do I have to lose?

I don't blame anyone for not believing me, if I had not experienced it myself, I would not have believed it myself.

I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed

Everything Jack says is to be taken with considerable reserve.

People inundating us with spurious claims of knowledge feel free to condemn to perdition those who doubt their authority.

...I will not allow books to prove any thing." "But how shall we prove any thing?" "We never shall.

Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe it.

People eyeing you as a potential leader tend to ask three questions: Are you committed? Do you care about me? Can I trust you?

If you're reading something from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist next to some guy in his underwear writing in his basement, or his mom's basement, on text, it looks like it's equally plausible.