Quotes About Suspicion

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives? They have never entered into mine, but into yours, we thought--Haven't we all to struggle against life's daily greyness, against pettiness, against mechanical cheerfulness, against suspicion? I struggle by remembering my friends; others I have known by remembering some place--some beloved place or tree--we thought you one of these.

It's better to be fooled than to be suspicious - that the confidence trick is the work of man, but the want-of-confidence trick is the work of the devil.

It's better to be fooled than to be suspicious.

It's better to be fooled than to be suspicious'—that the confidence trick is the work of man, but the want-of-confidence trick is the work of the devil.

You remember how he would trust strangers, and if they fooled him he would say: 'It's better to be fooled than to be suspicious'—that the confidence trick is the work of man, but the want-of-confidence trick is the work of the devil.

From the day I met you, I've known that you are a glass-half-empty-and-maybe-poisonous guy.

A skeptic is a person who would ask God for his ID card.

For myself, I always assume that a lion is ferocious, and so I am never caught off my guard.

Skepticism is history's bedfellow.

What's more, I don't believe any policeman uses words like "antonym". I don't believe you're a policeman at all.

Quién había concebido el plan de asesinarme?, ¿quién había tejido la red en la que debatía como animalillo silvestre?, ¿de quién sería la mano que habría de inmolarme? ¿De la propia Mercedes Negrer?, ¿del rijoso expendedor de Pepsi-Cola?, ¿de los negros superdotados?, ¿de los ordeñadores de la lactaria?

Primero temí que fuera muy difícil averiguar algo de estos tipos que andan en los servicios de inteligencia, y toda esa mano.

Anyone not paranoid in this world must be crazy. . . . Speaking of paranoia, it's true that I do not know exactly who my enemies are. But that of course is exactly why I'm paranoid.

I'd hate to take a bite out of you; you're a cookie full of arsenic.

The ear of jealousy heareth all things.

Othello goes through in his mind before he develops jealousy and anger

A country that was able to suppress religion entirely and executed dissenters on the merest suspicion was unable to get welders to wear goggles. At

I hear they give out poisoned chocolate.

Caesar's famous clemency, although regarded with some suspicion, contributed to an atmosphere of calm.

And the Queen of Ruritania, James?' 'Do not misunderstand me, sir. They could be secretly married — I should say re-married.' 'Yes, certainly, re-married.' 'By a trustworthy priest.' 'You mean an untrustworthy priest?

It is only likely frauds that are detected.

Let me tell you, Alex. He's a crook. He's based here in Miami. He's a nasty piece of work." "He's mexican" Troy added.

What were you going to do with it?" McCain asked. "I just thought it might come in useful." "Were you planning to attack me?" "No. But that's a good idea.

You couldn't trust anyone or anything that belonged to the world of espionage.