Confided Quotes

36 quotes by 32 authors

Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C. — Ambrose Bierce
I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor. — Martin Van Buren
The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe… — Thomas Jefferson
[If a book were] very innocent, and one which might be confided to the reason of any man; not likely to be much read if… — Thomas Jefferson
Out of the depths of my happy heart wells a great tide of love and prayer for this priceless treasure that is confided to my… — Mark Twain
The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the… — Abraham Lincoln
Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Looking out at that crowd, I imagined those who had not yet arrived, minority students who, in years to come, would make this multitude of… — Sonia Sotomayor
When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it. — Jean de la Bruyere
I know few significant questions of public policy which can safely be confided to computers. In the end, the hard decisions inescapably involve imponderables of… — John F. Kennedy
On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I… — Martin Van Buren
"Do you know," the Devil confided, "not even the best mathematicians on other planets - all far ahead of yours - have solved it? Why,… — Arthur Porges
In the early days of his reign, Bismarck confided to a friend that it would some day be necessary for Germany to confine William II… — Kelly Miller
Liszt commenting on the music of FrÃ©dÃ©ric Chopin: He confided . . . those inexpressible sorrows to which the pious give vent in their communication… — Frederic Chopin
The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political authority,… — James F. Cooper
(A manager) once confided in me she liked to picture in her mind's eye that every employee was wearing one of those sandwich billboard signs.… — James Hunter
Some Pulitzer winners - novelists - have confided to me that getting the prize screwed them up. It messed with their heads. That hasn't been… — Jeffrey Eugenides
If a secret is revealed, the person who has confided it to another is to be blamed. — Jean de la Bruyere
I ought not to have listened to her,' he confided to me one day. 'One never ought to listen to the flowers. One should simply… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Grace said,"Dr. Wexler was called away on an emergency operation." "An emergency Packers game in Green Bay," Turtle confided to Flora Baumbach. — Ellen Raskin

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