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Quotes About Distrust

I had learned from my own experience not to be surprised when a man lies about sex.
~ Madeleine Albright
The 2008 financial crisis reinforced this trend by causing many citizens to doubt the competence of their leaders and to question the fairness of systems that seem to protect the wealthy at the expense of everyone else.
~ Madeleine K. Albright
He was no husband, scarcely even a friend. He was a poison snake, and I was another, and on such terms we pleased ourselves.
~ Madeline Miller
I went back to Lois. She had a glass of bourbon that looked like a glass of iced coffee. Her smile was loose and wet and her eyes didn't track.
~ John D. MacDonald
If I could put a starving child before him and give it food and let him watch it grow well, I know he'd give money. But everything beyond what he pays for and sees himself get is suspicious to him. He doesn't believe in any other world but the one he lives in and sees. He's the one in prison; in his own hateful narrow present world.
~ John Fowles
Prima dumitale reacÈ›ie este tipic? pentru acest secol care nu admite nimic, un secol care nu crede, nu aprob?. Asta se ascunde în spatele politeÈ›ii dumitale. EÈ™ti ca È™i ariciul. Când ariciul îÈ™i scoate È›epii nu poate mânca. Cine nu m?nânc? moare de foame. Èšepii dispar odat? cu trupul.
~ John Fowles
pentru cei din familia Pendyce era lege s? nu întrebe niciodat? nimic È™i s? nu cread? ce li se spune, ci s? descopere singuri ceea ce c?utau, ostenindu-se în mod inutil pentru ca apoi s? se plîng?.
~ John Galsworthy
Never trust a white person black people don't like.
~ John Grisham
And it's often the one you trust the most who'll cut your throat for the right price.
~ John Grisham
Pointing the finger at Ross Bannick was a terrifying act, not because she was afraid of being wrong, but because she feared the man himself.
~ John Grisham
I'm happy to see you've found a church home, Abby," her father said piously. For years he had led the prayer each Sunday at the First Methodist Church in Danesboro, and the other six days he had tirelessly practiced greed and manipulation. He had also steadily but discreetly pursued whiskey and women. An
~ John Grisham
I don't trust judges. Perhaps it's the nature of my profession. I like knockouts, not decisions.
~ John Grisham
My point is that I'm not sure I can find another judge so eager to be purchased.
~ John Grisham
Turning to Darnley, she demanded, "Why have you caused to do this wicked deed to me
~ John Guy
believing that whatever else she did, she would be surrounded by treachery and deceit.
~ John Guy
it was impossible to believe they would stay on the same side for long.
~ John Guy
The Southern Negro will not tell the white man the truth. He long ago learned that if he speaks a truth unpleasing to the white, the white will make life miserable for him. The
~ John Howard Griffin
It happens to many teenagers-that moment when you feel full of resentment or distrust for those adults you once loved unquestioningly.
~ John Irving
But don't you see how your … opinions can be disturbing? It's very American—to have opinions as … strong as your opinions. It's very Canadian to distrust strong opinions." "I'm a Canadian," I said. "I've
~ John Irving
What the hell is the matter with Eddie? Ruth was thinking. If he doesn't stop staring at me, I'm going to drive off the road! Hannah had also noticed that Eddie was staring at Ruth. What the hell is the matter with Eddie? Hannah was thinking. Since when did the asshole take an interest in a younger woman?
~ John Irving
Garp didn't want a daughter because of men. Because of bad men, certainly; but even, he thought, because of men like me.
~ John Irving
when however small a measure of jealousy is mixed with misunderstanding, there is going to be trouble.
~ John Irving
Frotters!" Herr Faber shouted. "Thieving frotters everywhere I turn!
~ John Irving
Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean-- make sure they know what they mean!
~ John Irving