“Never trust them, never trust them. They can't be trusted.”
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002) Queen consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II
On the Germans, to Woodrow Wyatt (16 November 1991), as quoted in The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt: Volume Two (2000) by Woodrow Wyatt, p. 608
“Never trust he who trusts everyone.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
“Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon.”
Orson Scott Card book Children of the Mind
Source: Children of the Mind
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel
Variant: Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.
Source: Clockwork Angel
Walter Moers (1957) German comic creator and author
Markus Zusak book The Book Thief
Variant: Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children.
Source: The Book Thief
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Serbian American inventor
To a secretary, as quoted in Tesla: Man Out of Time (1998) by Margaret Cheney, p. 127 (footnote). https://books.google.pl/books/about/Tesla.html?id=HIuK7iLO9zgC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Never%20trust%20a%20Jew&f=false
Tesla's anti-Semitism appeared sporadic and was unusual among gentiles of his time.
“Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love.”
Yann Martel book Life of Pi
Variant: Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was so hard to love.
Source: Life of Pi
