Suspicion Quotes · Page 11

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

— George Mikes

When we say we are certain so-and-so can't possibly have done it, what we mean is that we think he very likely…

— Logan Pearsall Smith

Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second marriage.

— Jean Racine

“I was offended by his suspicion that any of us would ever write about such sensitive matters.”

— Robert M. Gates

My suspicion is that once you have literacy in place, the readership has not changed very much.

— Robert Hass

The unfortunate thing about money is that it always raises suspicion even amongst brothers.

— Babatunde Fashola

You always get told how important the premiere and doing the press is, but I have suspicions.

— Toby Jones

“Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer.”

— William Shakespeare

The English love for privacy is proverbial, and has not been exaggerated. A stranger who strikes up a conversation is looked upon…

— Henry Steele Commager

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions…

— John F. Kennedy

I have a suspicion that the definition of "crazy" in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one…

— Tina Fey

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

— Gordon B. Hinckley

The man behind the check-in counter gives the impression that he has just axe-murdered the motel's owner (and family, and family pet)…

— Paul Quarrington

Everything, no matter how evident or obvious, should be doubted, questioned, viewed with suspicion…There is much to be gained from the discovery…

— David Mermin

The desire to believe the best of people is a prerequisite for intercourse with strangers; suspicion is reserved for friends.

— Mary McCarthy

With a nearly desperate sense of isolation and a growing suspicion that I lived in an alien land, I took to the…

— William Least Heat-Moon

I'm not making excuses for the missed opportunities of the Israelis, or the lack of generosity, the lack of empathy that I…

— Hillary Clinton

It seems to me that all of us, in our own way, have our own personal lagos. We all have within us…

— Arjuna Ardagh

(An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation,…

— Rudyard Kipling

Some [people] think that there is a central organization responsible for all the institutions they wrongly think affiliated with me. They ignore…

— Fethullah Gulen

The silence of those in positions of influence in the church who know, or have a strong suspicion, that being gay is…

— James Alison

“Beyond watching eyes With sweet and tender kisses Our souls reached out to each other In breathless wonder And when I awoke…

— Banksy

Every politician, every member of the clerical profession, ought to incur the reasonable suspicion of being an interested supporter of false doctrines,…

— Thomas Cooper

That distrust which intrudes so often on your mind is a mode of melancholy, which, if it be the business of a…

— Samuel Johnson

All good men and women should be on their guard to avoid guilt, and even the suspicion of it.

— Plautus

A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake.

— Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

— Livy

Another bad thing about "prosperity" is that you can't jingle any money without being under suspicion

— Kin Hubbard

People will question all the things they hear about you but believe all the bad without a second thought.

— Anonymous

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

— Elia Kazan

Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves.

— Philip Sidney

Is there any evidence to the contrary? I don't need certainty in order to act on a well-founded suspicion.

— Robert Charles Wilson

“He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

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

— Jim Butcher

“In the worldly life, what is misery? It is the pain created from wrong suspicions.”

— Dada Bhagwan

When a husband's story is believed, he begins to suspect his wife.

— H. L. Mencken

“Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.”

— Criss Jami

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

— Max Beerbohm

Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion.

— Anonymous

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

— Christopher Hitchens