Suspicion Quotes

As we judge others so are we judged by others. The suspicious will always be tormented by suspicion.

There is ever a slight suspicion of the burlesque about earnest good men.

The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that we're disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning.

Many men provoke others to overreach them by excessive suspicion; their extraordinary distrust in some sort justifies the deceit.

I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.

It's the sort of subject that always interests me: jealousy and the language of suspicion and guilt. I think it interests people.

Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.

Somewhere in the dim recesses of the journalistic soul lies the horrible suspicion: This is really a pretty shallow and maybe unseemly way for a grownup to make a living.

Let us hear the suspicions. I will look after the proofs.

We cannot be caught in the bond of suspicion. We have to carry out what we should be doing with a firm determination.

Suspicion is an owl that flies when the light is bad and catches only vermin for food.

Liberation movements - operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially - thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.

Religion has been an enormous multiplier of tribal suspicion and hatred.

There's a suspicion always about politicians. The suspicion level is really elevated and it just feels like people do not trust their institutions.

Suspicion," he said. "Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He's a genius." "Starring Cary Grant." When Lucas gave me a look, I added, "You have your priorities, I have mine.

The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our own.

Affection is important because it counters anger, hatred and suspicion that can prevent our minds from functioning clearly.

Meet hostility and suspicion with kindness. Helping others out of love is always the best option.

I have faith in all mankind. Well,not faith really, more like hopeful suspicion. And not "all" but 5 people. Mankind meaning computers.

I don't think religious profiling or ethnic profiling is permissible, period. That is using religion or ethnicity as a proxy for suspicion. It just doesn't make any sense.

I have a sneaking suspicion that leading an examined life and being really tan aren't consistent with one another.

A reformer should be exempt from the suspicion of interest, and he must possess the confidence and esteem of those whom he proposes to reclaim.

We are all today being monitored in advance and in criminal suspicion. And I think that's terrifying, and deeply illiberal as concept. And that's something that we should reject.

There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.

We live in a world that is dominated by war, hate, violence and suspicion. Those are the things that come naturally in this world. So you have to will something else.

The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations that any suggestion that there may be some limits to it is bound to arouse suspicion.

You highest men whom I have ever seen! This is my suspicion about you and my secret laughter: I guess that you would call my superman--a devil!

[The captain] looked at Florentino Ariza, his invincible power, his intrepid love and was overwhelmed by the belated suspicion that it is life, more than death, that has no limits.

I understand why there's a natural suspicion of the "Next Big British Band."

Don't seem to he on the lookout for crows, else you'll set other people watching.

English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists.

My general attitude toward life when I first get up is of deep suspicion, verging on hatred. ... I am simply basted together until after breakfast.

The key question: will the NSA continue to monitor hundreds of millions of people without any suspicion? Under Obama's proposals: Yes.

Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion. As we learn to know and appreciate those of various cultures, we come to appreciate them.

The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.

The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.

He was looking at her with amused suspicion. There was something between them, and even she had to acknowledge that a tame remark about the weather sounded perverse.

My own suspicion is that a stand-alone artificial mind will be more a tool of narrow utility than something especially apocalyptic.

There is no escaping, at times, the gloomy suspicion that fiddling with pens and ink is, after all, no fit employment for a grown man.

Pain is unjust, and all the arguments That cannot soothe it only rouse suspicion.

Jealousy is the fear of losing the thing you love most. It's very normal. Suspicion is the thing that's abnormal.

I always regarded people who want fame with a lot of suspicion. Unless you have a product to sell, I don't know why anyone would want to be famous. I can't imagine what need that would fill.

I have a sneaking suspicion that all religions lead to the same place, a very unified place.

I got the sneaking suspicion that the vampire was a couple of Peeps short of an Easter basket.

I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people.

Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons.

I always had this secret suspicion that I was special.

Any Southern nationalist movement, especially one that wraps itself in the Confederate flag, is going to be viewed with suspicion, given the historical record.

Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out of step with the teachings of the church.

There's no end to suspicion once you get going.