Suspicion Quotes - Page 16

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

  Babatunde Fashola

  Brother, Unfortunate Things, Raises

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• This is the test and triumph of originality, not to show us what has never been, and what we may therefore very easily never have dreamt of, but to point out to us what is before our eyes and under our feet, though we have had no suspicion of its existence, for want of sufficient strength of intuition, of determined grasp of mind to seize and retain it.

  William Hazlitt

  Eye, Feet, Intuition

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1064, Delphi Classics

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• I'm not making excuses for the missed opportunities of the Israelis, or the lack of generosity, the lack of empathy that I think goes hand-in-hand with the suspicion. So, yes, there is more that the Israelis need to do to really demonstrate that they do understand the pain of an oppressed people in their minds, and they want to figure out, within the bounds of security and a Jewish democratic state, what can be accomplished.

  Hillary Clinton

  Pain, Opportunity, Thinking

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• You see, when a nation threatens another nation the people of the latter forget their factionalism, their local antagonisms, their political differences, their suspicions of each other, their religious hostilities, and band together as one unit. Leaders know that, and that is why so many of them whip up wars during periods of national crisis, or when the people become discontented and angry. This is the explanation of all wars, all racial and religious hatreds, all massacres, and all attempts at genocide.

  Taylor Caldwell

  Religious, War, Political Differences

  "The Devil's Advocate". Book by Taylor Caldwell, 1952.

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• An aggravating feature of this post-9/11 atmosphere is to cast suspicions on Muslims and on Islam as a religion that is interpreted as either inherently violent or death-oriented, with a particular animus against America and Americans.

  Richard A. Falk

  America, Atmosphere, Islam

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• My personal beliefs were shaped more by experience and by watching the news when I was young: images of angelic-looking college students in Mississippi crying like the world was ending because black people were being allowed on their campus; the slow mounting horror of Vietnam on the evening news every night; sitting with my parents in front of the TV and being appalled at the way the Chicago police were treating the protesters during the '68 Democratic convention. Being eyed with suspicion because of my age and the way I wore my hair.

  James Vance

  Night, College, Hair

  Source: therumpus.net

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• When you have an authority figure tell you something that distinguishes you, there's a little bit of a badge of courage or pride point that comes with it, and also some relief that the grownups actually have an answer for the problem. But, at the same time, there's suspicion and defensiveness, like, Why is the way I do things a problem? Maybe the way you do things is the problem. All of these things come with the very notion that you've been described.

  Lucy Corin

  Pride, Relief, Answers

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The rules of engagement are so lax that soldiers are shooting and killing Iraqis under mere suspicion, and tragedies are everyday. There are road killings, killings on the road when someone is trying to pass a convoy and they get shot. Or if a roadside bomb goes off, the soldiers just start shooting in all directions.

  Yaroslav Trofimov

  Soldier, Everyday, Tragedy

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I have a deep suspicion of social institutions and tradition in general.

  George Meyer

  Tradition, Social, Institutions

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as liberal democracy, free markets and Europe with suspicion.

  Donald Tusk

  Europe, Democracy, Lasts

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• As Eastern thought has begun to interest a significant number of people, and meditation is no longer viewed with ridicule or suspicion, mysticism is being taken seriously even within the scientific community. An increasing number of scientists are aware that mystical thought provides a consistent and relevant philosophical background to the theories of Contemporary science, a conception of the world in which the scientific discoveries of men and women can be in perfect harmony with their spiritual aims and religious beliefs.

  Fritjof Capra

  Spiritual, Religious, Philosophical

  "The Turning Point". Book by Fritjof Capra, www.juwing.sp.ru. 1982.

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

  Gary Jarman

  Band, Next, Natural

  "The Cribs' Gary Jarman Talks Johnny Marr Collaboration, New Album". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2009.

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• One that always stings is "Grow up." And it stings most when you have the suspicion that it is justified, that you have just done somethingchildish and you got nailed for it. It's probably been said to me a few times.

  Thomas Haden Church

  Growing Up, Done, Justified

  "Church's Doctrine". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. May 23, 2007.

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• Some [people] think that there is a central organization responsible for all the institutions they wrongly think affiliated with me. They ignore the zeal of many to serve humanity and to gain God's good pleasure in doing so. They ignore people's generosity. Such misunderstandings may lead others to have suspicions about the financial resources of the schools.

  Fethullah Gulen

  School, Thinking, Organization

  Source: gulenlibrary.org

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• My suspicion is that his hard-core supporters, you know, when I interviewed some of them, they almost take kind of vicarious pride in Donald Trump`s ability to maneuver.

  Michelle Goldberg

  Pride, Kind, Vicarious

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• A realization and a dissection of the canon gave rise to the work. But there's also a sneaking suspicion of the canon.

  Kehinde Wiley

  Realization, Canon, Dissection

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• I have a really strong suspicion of the romantic nature of portraiture, the idea that you're telling some essential truth about the interior lives of your subject.

  Kehinde Wiley

  Strong, Ideas, Essentials

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• Unfortunately, my rivals are spreading all kinds of suspicions for political reasons that are absolutely not true. They've tried accusing me of agreeing to dismantle the army, of jeopardizing private property, of giving the pensions of policemen to the guerillas - all kinds of lies. What they want is for people to be afraid of peace.

  Juan Manuel Santos

  Lying, Army, Accusing Me

  "'Waging War Is More Popular than Negotiating'". Interview with Juliane von Mittelstaedt and Helene Zuber, www.spiegel.de. May 21, 2014.

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• We're always trying to avoid being in the darkness, not knowing, and also encountering animals. There's something about them not wanting to be seen; they go out at night, they hide, they don't want to be shown. It's very interesting genetically that they have to hide from us actually. Between themselves, they smell each other, but there is this thing of hiding, of suspicion.

  Michal Rovner

  Animal, Night, Smell

  "Michal Rovner, Into the Night". Interview with Haley Weiss, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2016.

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• If you're a status quo writer, you're considered to not be political but that's as political as if you're a progressive writer. Some politics are asked to show their passports and others aren't. In the Dominican Republique, if you're slightly progressive, people have a lot of suspicions that you're up to some sort of conspiracy, that this is some sort of plot. On the other hand, if you're conservative and mainstream, people tend to take that as a given and don't notice the politics.

  Junot Diaz

  People, Political, Conservative

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• The Escalation programmers come from a completely different background, and the codebase is all STL this, boost that, fill-up-the-property list, dispatch the event, and delegate that. I had been harboring some suspicions that our big codebases might benefit from the application of some more of the various “modern” C++ design patterns, despite seeing other large game codebases suffer under them. I have since recanted that suspicion.

  John Carmack

  Games, Design, Suffering

  "John Carmack discusses RAGE on iPhone/iPad/iPod" by John Carmack, www.bethblog.com. October 26, 2010.

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• Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other blacks.

  Randall Kennedy

  Loyalty, Successful, Community

  "Kennedy Mulls Meaning of Being Branded a 'Sellout'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 9, 2008.

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• Americans complain a lot about the government and they voice a generalized suspicion of the government, but they constantly clammer for more of it.

  George Will

  Government, Voice, Complaining

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

  Cullen Hightower

  Ideas, Skepticism, Subjects

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• Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery; never fails to destroy every inclination to evince fidelity. Most people disdain to clear themselves from the accusations of mere suspicion.

  Jane Porter

  Confidence, People, Failing

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.208

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