Distrust Quotes
299 quotes by 248 authors
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And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the…
— George W. Bush
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things. Don't wish to be thought to know…
— Epictetus
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They hate kings, they hate priests, they hate soldiers, they hate sailors. They distrust men of science, they denounce the middle classes, they despair of…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but giving up enthusiasm…
— James E. Faust
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The one distinct feature of our Association has been the right of the individual opinion for every member. We have been beset at every step…
— Susan B. Anthony
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Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely soley upon science and reason, because these are necessary…
— Christopher Hitchens
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In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In…
— Michael Jackson
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I distrust pious phrases, especially when they issue from my mouth. I try militantly never to be affected by the pious language of the faithful…
— Flannery O'Connor
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Seek simplicity, and distrust it.
— Alfred North Whitehead
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Terence: As my old da used to tell me, 'never trust a rich man'. David: Good thing I'm only moderately rich. Terence: Which is why…
— Sabrina Jeffries
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Indeed, it's futile to try and use Holy Scripture to support any political position. I deeply distrust anyone who does. Just look at what an…
— Christopher Hitchens
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Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.†Distrust a course of reading! People who really…
— Andrew Lang
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All you need is already within you, only you must approach your self with reverence and love. Self-condemnation and self-distrust are grievous errors. Your constant…
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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All that you touch All that you see All that you taste All you feel. All that you love All that you hate All you…
— Roger Waters
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He destroyed in her the knowing, doubting, sophisticated Ella, and again and again he put her intelligence to sleep, and with her willing connivance, so…
— Doris Lessing
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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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There were a thousand secrets in her eyes, a thousand wounds. A lifetime of distrust and betrayal. Isolation. How did one overcome such things?
— Christine Feehan
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...we should all fortify ourselves against the dark hours of depression by cultivating a deep distrust of the certainties of despair. Despair is relentless in…
— John Piper
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Lament is a cry of belief in a good God, a God who has His ear to our hearts, a God who transfigures the ugly…
— Ann Voskamp
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