Quotes About Wariness

Better a thousand times careful than once dead.

Survival ... is an infinite capacity for suspicion.

I'm not going to do that," she said. "With my luck, the deputy that comes will be one of the assholes who did this or, at the very least, someone who sympathizes with them.

Trust No One.

We are optimistic, but we are optimistic in a cautious fashion.

And they always slept better with blades beneath their beds.

It is important not to trust people too much.

That's my problem. I'm constantly wary. I can't trust anyone.

Audrey nodded warily. She had never cared for conspiratorial female conversation of this sort. Its assumption of shared preoccupations was usually unfounded in her experience, its intimacies almost always the trapdoor to some subterranean hostility.

Masters and men do not trust each other; they fear each other, ever thinking that each side is ready to take advantage.

That man, the watchmaker! He's a Gestapo plant

I trust no one, not even myself.

You should be more paranoid

I'm not letting anyone lick me, and I'm not looking anyone in the eyes. It's kind of like visiting New York.

Paranoid? Probably. But just because you

Try as you might there's nothing you can do about bird shadows except try to head them off and abruptly stop, letting them pass by in peace. Looking up and down at the very same moment is difficult for a single-eyed man. The ones coming behind you, often cautious crows or ravens, strike hard against the back and nape nerve. Like most of life your wariness is useless. You wobble slightly dumbstruck, queasy, then watch the shadow flit across the brown wind-tormented grass.

her neat sweet features fixed in a small smile of polite wariness.

Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts.

He is a very cautious man, and he believes wholeheartedly in nothing.

Proceeding with caution and proceeding slowly are sometimes two different things. In certain circumstances, momentum could be more important than caution, though it was never wise to dispense with wariness.

I guess I need to get my paranoid on.

known that he had to be careful

I trust no one, not even myself.

I don't trust anyone as far as I can throw them.