- “信息是未知的,信任是已知的”(“Information is what you do not expect and trust is what you know”)
- “信任是一个信道的基本,但不能使用该信道从源传递到目的”(“Trust is that which is essential to a communication channel but cannot be transferred from a source to a destination using that channel”)
- “信任是对所接收信息的依赖” (Trust is seen as “qualified reliance on received information”)
- 信任与力量:“当一方比另一方力量大很多时,...,力量大的一方不需要信任力量小的,...,而力量小的需要信任力量大的”
- 信任与控制:“信任,但还需验证”,“信任是一个开环控制过程,...,是对远程行动的依赖”