Logo
Quote by Rebecca West
Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say a

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves. – Rebecca West

Other quotes by Rebecca West

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being ones own Trojan horse. – Rebecca West

Category:
mom
Author
Rebecca West
Read Quote

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple. – Rebecca West

Category:
Truth
Author
Rebecca West
Read Quote

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. – Rebecca West

Category:
Astrology
Author
Rebecca West
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Trust
category

I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust that there were people who could help me. – Jada Pinkett Smith

Category:
Trust

You cant trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it. – W. C. Fields

Category:
Trust

Its good to have a manager who shares your interests, or goals. You can presumably trust a husband. I dont know if its the best way to work. I really shouldnt discuss this. – Dorothy Stratten

Category:
Trust

Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task. – Aldrich Ames

Category:
Trust

Random Quotes

You are the music while the music lasts. – T.S. Eliot

Category:
Prom Night

Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishings sake — that little more which is worth all the rest. – Dean Briggs

Category:
Excellence

Its just us trying to start a movement where everybody passes on a bit of cooking knowledge. We estimate that one person can potentially affect 180 others very quickly so were just trying to spread the word. – Jamie Oliver

Category:
Knowledge

Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men. – Audre Lorde

Category:
Women