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Quotes About Suspicion

You know, I'm not big on conspiracy theory. It does really kind of get my blood going when I find out there really are conspiracies that actually happened.
~ James Van Der Beek
Ever since Theresa May's premiership, I have become suspicious of the 'lectern moment'. That is when the prime minister steps outside Downing Street to address the nation on Brexit.
~ Sam Gyimah
My college senior thesis was going to be on the American private investigator.
~ Greg Rucka
A thief believes everybody steals.
~ E. W. Howe
In Puerto Rico there is an old adage that goes something like this: 'The thief believes that, like himself, everyone else is also a thief.' I'd like to add that the corrupted person and all of the corrupted journalists all see corruption around them. In their corrupt minds, they have an inability to see any of the good in another person.
~ Ruben Diaz Sr.
Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
~ Karl Kraus
Hamas thinks they can kill the will of people by intimidation. Most of those who are killed in the Gaza Strip for the suspicion of collaborating with Israel, have nothing to do with Israel.
~ Mosab Hassan Yousef
The bastard even limped fast.
~ Rosemary Clement-Moore
At the chinks in the drawn blinds, daylight peered like a spy.
~ Ross MacDonald
Crimes often come in pairs.
~ Ross MacDonald
She looked up at the sun as if it were spying on her.
~ Ross MacDonald
He sat down with great caution, after inspecting the chair for concealed electrodes, and made me the gift of his card.
~ Ross MacDonald
You're taking this pretty seriously," I said. "Why don't you go one step further and take it to the police?" "Trying to talk yourself out of a job?" "Yes.
~ Ross MacDonald
Institutions develop because people put a lot of trust in them, they meet real needs, they represent important aspirations, whether it's monasteries, media, or banks, people begin by trusting these institutions, and gradually the suspicion develops that actually they're working for themselves, not for the community.
~ Rowan Williams
Agreement between those of unequal power is inherently suspect. (page 102)
~ Russell Hardin
Why would you think there was anything more between me and Mr. Pinter?" Because you blush when his name is mentioned. Because he follows you with his eyes. Because I do not know what to make of him, and that worries me.
~ Sabrina Jeffries
Why are you showing this to me?" "It's yours." Petey snapped his head up to find that the pirate was no longer smiling. "I mean it. It's yours. I have no use for it. What good is a scepter in paradise?" Setting the scepter down carefully on the table, Petey eyed the pirate with suspicion. "And why would you be wantin' to give it to me?" "Can't you guess? I want you to give up your claim to Miss Willis.
~ Sabrina Jeffries
Perhaps everything was just as it appeared. Though the girl seemed to be up to something suspicious, it didn't seem to involve any deep feelings for Mr. Pinter. Now if only she could be as sure about Mr. Pinter's feelings for Celia...
~ Sabrina Jeffries
People are so used to having their lives filmed, they're not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear.
~ Sade Adu
I hadn't hustled in the streets for years for nothing. I knew when I was being set up.
~ Malcolm X
One morning, though, I came in and found signs that my room had been entered. I knew it had been detectives. I'd heard too many times how if they couldn't find any evidence, they would plant some, where you would never find it, then they'd come back in and find it.
~ Malcolm X
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you[?]
~ Marc Guggenheim
Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or makes you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or a desire for things best done behind closed doors.
~ Marcus Aurelius
De Frontón: haber observado a qué grado de envidia, de disimulo y duplicidad llegaron los tiranos, y cómo, casi siempre, esas gentes que llamamos los «patricios» son incapaces de verdadero afecto para los demás.
~ Marcus Aurelius