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Quotes About Suspicion

Even when there was no doubt about the invitation he always half expected that there would be some hitch or other. He was never quite certain of his welcome.
~ George Orwell
To some people, fifteen years of good loyal service means squat. All's we can say is, watch your damn backs.
~ George Saunders
Era vero. In quel momento tutto era vero, perché viveva ogni cosa cosi come veniva, senza chiedersi niente, senza cercare di capire, senza neppure sospettare che un giorno ci sarebbe stato qualcosa da capire.
~ Georges Simenon
È conoscendo meglio la vittima che in genere si scopre l'assassino.
~ Georges Simenon
I felt for too long anyway that there was something creaky about this story. You needn't try to understand, but when all the material clues manage to confuse matters rather than clarify them, it means they've been faked … and everything, without exception, is fake in this case. It all creaked.
~ Georges Simenon
Oh, by the way, while I was having a glass of your delicious gueuze beer, I spotted a crook…
~ Georges Simenon
Do you have a husband concealed about you?
~ Georgette Heyer
She walked home', explained Sir Roland. 'We were walking home, weren't we? Very well, then. She walked home. Passed Lethbridge's house. Went in. Hit him on the head with the poker. Came out. Met us in the street. There you are. Plain as a pikestaff.' 'Well, I don't know,' said the Viscount. 'Seems queer to me.
~ Georgette Heyer
He has probably gnawed his nails down to the quick, or murdered poor Mr. Orde.
~ Georgette Heyer
Nothing more likely,said Hannasyde. I've got to try and rattle him. It's him that'll do the rattling,said the Sergeant darkly. he's the nearest thing to a snake I've seen outside of the Zoo.
~ Georgette Heyer
Do you know,' she said slowly, 'I have just thought – Mr Beaumaris, something tells me that Lady Bridlington may not like this dear little dog!' Mr Beaumaris waited in patient resignation for his certain fate to descend upon him.
~ Georgette Heyer
Really, I don't know what the world is coming to if I am to be suspected of staring in at windows!
~ Georgette Heyer
You're more prejudiced against Paul Mansell than I've ever known you to be against anyone, said Hannasyde. Not prejudiced,said the Sergeant firmly. I never let myself get prejudiced. All I say is, that he's a nasty, slimy, double-faced tick who'd murder his own grandmother if he saw a bit of money to be got out of it.
~ Georgette Heyer
Damn it, he was in here with the door locked!' Stephen said. 'He can't have been stabbed'.
~ Georgette Heyer
Mr. Farrier is acting weird
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
Baker Brooks —can get dogs to follow him —said that selling stolen dogs is easy money —was around Dog Gone Good when Grayson was stolen —accused Roxanne of stealing Boxcar, then changed his mind "The third person
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.
~ Alvin Adams
Founded in rebellion against colonial tyranny, our country is naturally suspicious of government intrusion, interference, and snooping. European systems, by comparison, grow out of a tradition of the state providing social benefits for workers that stretches back to Bismarck and Germany in the 1880s.
~ Jacob Weisberg
Singling out political opponents for working against the ruling party is precisely the tactic of every tyrannical government from Red China to Venezuela. The first step in the process is creating unfounded public suspicion of political opponents, followed by arresting and jailing any who continue speaking against the regime.
~ John Carter
In this rat-race everybody's guilty till proved innocent!
~ Bette Davis
I knew Tim Pastoor. I knew Sherry Ford. I knew many of the individuals who would follow me around. I knew who they were. I knew they had access to my email.
~ Tyrone Hayes
Sure, Maryse is the Divas Champion, but I find it no coincidence that she supposedly got 'hurt' the week after she stole my title.
~ Michelle McCool
One doesn't like to appear vulgarly inquisitive. But if everyone one knows has suddenly started murdering everyone else, it would be terribly nice to know about it.
~ Sarah Caudwell
Sometimes I have a terrible suspicion that the whole tragedy, from first to last, has no meaning.
~ Sarah Gainham