Quotes About Suspicion

Mr. Segundus began to suspect that they had an uneventful morning, and that when a strange gentleman had walked into the room and dropt down in a swoon, they were rather pleased than otherwise.

the wicked woman's son was evidently making love to the girl. Both were standing by the old window-seat

She was afraid of what she called the young man's "personableness." She distrusted it for itself, and hated it as a potential threat to her house.

The first thing I've learned is to trust nobody.

Adrien, people get killed all the time. Since when is it your job to find out what happened to them?" "I'm not usually suspected of murdering them." "You have been as long as I've known you.

A Pause followed my greeting. Then, 'We're watching you,' whispered the voice on the other end. 'Yeah? Did you see what I did with my keys?

Countries change, of course, and it is still the same country, in a way, resembling a McCarthy America, except that McCarthy's America was not in debt. This is a bankrupt America, bankrupted partly by its suspicions and overspending on the military and over-reliance on consumerism.

I also don't trust Caribou anymore. They're out there, on the tundra, waiting... Something's going down. I'm right about this.

Cuando un trato parece demasiado bueno para ser verdad, adivina el resto».

Todos dicen que es muy linda. Yo sospecho que será una beldad lugareña y algo rústica.

Americans used to pity and be amused at countries where the citizens all wore drab work clothes and the leaders were belligerently under-dressed for state occasions; now those people have discovered fashion, and we wear drab work clothes and are suspicious of formality.

I mistrust mountebanks—especially of the female variety.

When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead.

The problem immediately facing [the "Charitable Foundation for Cure and Institutional Care" in Berlin] staff was how to kill large groups of German adults swiftly without arousing public suspicion. The starvation method hitherto used for children was considered too slow and likely to attract too many questions.

I am going to kill you," he hissed. She gulped. "Don't you want to lecture me first?" He stared at her with a heavy dose of stupefaction. "I take that back," he said with precisely clipped words. "First I am going to strangle you, and then I am going to kill you." "Here?" she asked doubtfully, looking around. "Won't my dead body look suspicious in the morning?

What are you up to?" she asked. "Why would you think I'm up to anything?" Her lips pursed before she said, "You wouldn't be you if you weren't up to something." He smiled at that. "I do believe that was a compliment." "It wasn't necessarily intended as such." "But nonetheless," he said mildly, "that's how I choose to take it.

Tarryton did so, but not before saying, "I wouldn't be surprised if Billington came up to scratch on this gel." "Billington, Farnsworth, and a few others," Alex said with his most affable smile. "Ashbourne?" Dunford's voice was colder than ice. "Dunford?" "Shut up.

How in the hell am I supposed to watch my back if I have no idea what I'm watching for?

There were always whispers. And whispers, if left unchecked, could quickly grow into roars.

Don't be silly. I don't even know the man. And if I did, I would probably run in the opposite direction. He is exactly the sort of man the two of us should avoid at all costs. He could probably seduce an iceberg.

She looked at him in askance.

Beware a woman asking questions. You will never answer correctly.

Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours.

As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup.