Quotes About Distrust

Alas! if your wife has not yet kissed the apple of the Serpent, the Serpent stands before her.

From the moment that your suspicions are aroused, you ought to be like a man mounted on a tricky horse, who always watches the ears of the beast, in fear of being thrown from the saddle.

To be jealous is to exhibit, at once, the height of egotism, the error of amour-propre, the vexation of morbid vanity. Women rather encourage this ridiculous feeling, because by means of it they can obtain cashmere shawls, silver toilet sets, diamonds, which for them mark the high thermometer mark of their power. Moreover, unless you appear blinded by jealousy, your wife will not keep on her guard; for there is no pitfall which she does not distrust, excepting that which she makes for herself.

That's the trouble with people like them, I suppose; whenever you think you're detecting the first signs of them starting to behave responsibly, it's just them being even more devious and underhand than usual.

I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.

At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse.

It had ceased to bother me that Michele didn't believe a word that I said. It gave me the liberty to lie whenever I chose.

Doctors were admired, lawyers universally hated and mistrusted.

The cry of "Traitor!" was not a local voice only, but a bewildered people's explanation of the inexplicable. It was the eternal cry of conspiracy, of stab in the back.

Evil eyes look out for occasion, therefore give none.

The age of innocent faith in science and technology may be over.

If I have to err, it's on the side of assuming the worst. This way, if I'm wrong, I can always apologize. Or send flowers. You err on the other side, the flowers will be coming to you.

after our split, I wanted to believe that whatever had been between us was unique, that it could never happen again. Because if it was exceptional, it must be an exception, maybe even the exception that proved the rule. And the rule was that I would always be alone, and could never trust anyone.

I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.

All kinds of evil flourish in suspicion. It is a perpetual breeder of the qualities that instantly work for evil, including secrecy and resentment.

She's not buying [the lie], but there's nothing else on the shelves.

He fucked my wife!" George wailed. "He ruined my life!" "Your wife was a goddamn whore!

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

I actually hate reality TV! I know people love it, but when I watch, I'm analytical, and I'm like, 'This can't be real because of the camera position! And I see the cuts!'

I had a lot of those fake friends. You just have to realize it's happening. You can't get caught up in the 'Oh, my God, they want to be my friend, finally' aspect.

I didn't have my parents to rebel against, but I had society, and that definitely is what they taught me. Just: Trust nothing.

I don't think that I have ever been rebellious. The thing is that I don't believe in people - what people tell me. I have to accept it in my own brain first. I don't listen to anyone, never.

You got a lot of fradulent rebels and revolutionaries who are really false prophets.

Notwithstanding the likes of 'All the President's Men' in the 1970s or HBO's recent 'The Newsroom,' film and TV have always loved to hate the press.