Quotes about Suspicion

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

William Shakespeare

We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.

Russell Baker

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.

Demosthenes

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.

E. B. White

It's not a suspicion; they've seen them come in and steal produce from this garden. And they were threatened with weapons. The concern is for the safety of the gardeners here.

Ben Acohido

It would mean entering into a deal with complete suspicion and skepticism. This is more than a business. A book deal is a complicated transaction that's got a lot of psychological and emotional content to it.

Morgan Entrekin

We have a sneaking suspicion where it is.

Dennis Mccullough

Nobody's got a slot locked up, ... I've got a sneaking suspicion Ray (Allen) will start, but he's got to come here and earn it every year. Ray knows that - he'd be the first guy to tell you that.

Bob Weiss

On some of these questions there is a reasonable suspicion or a reasonable hint that a new appointment might swing those decisions the other way. And so that is why people on both sides of the political aisle are intently following this and agitating over it.

Michael Greve

Now we do not believe that Sen. Lott is a racist, ... But such thoughtless remarks -- and the senator has an unfortunate history of such gaffes -- simply reinforce the suspicion that conservatives are closet racists and secret segregationists.

Ken Connor

Judge Nichols denied the motion, finding that Redding did, based on the totality of the circumstance, have reasonable suspicion to detain the car and driver, based on the cracked windshield. This was further supported by the evidence presented.

Stephanie Macumber

I've got a sneaking suspicion the oysters would have been good there the last 10 or 15 years.

Sonny Insley

There's always the suspicion that what we don't see contains the bombshells.

Scott Moss

I think there is a lot of suspicion that surrounds the government and it's grown worse in recent decades. I think it's unfortunate and, to a large extent, unwarranted, but it's a fact.

Aitan Goelman

I can?t picture her hurting a fly. This has made me look at other cases with a lot of suspicion. Who do you believe? Who is a credible witness?

Jan Wright

Forensic scientists are not policemen. We are scientists. We deal with these matters objectively. We do not [act] on our suspicion.

Cyril Wecht

What it is about, at its core, is a young woman making very moral choices. And my suspicion is young women will love this movie as much as they loved 'Flashdance,'.

Joe Eszterhas

We had a suspicion, within the limits of the capacity we have here. We were suspicious and therefore we had to send samples to the FAO reference laboratory in Padua, with whom we collaborate.

Tony Joannis

There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by money - and that without the idealists among its leaders having the slightest suspicion of the fact.

Oswald Spengler

I drooled all the time. It was difficult for me to socialize. ... People never laughed at me and they never teased me, but I had this sneaking suspicion that they were secretly doing that.

Sabina Abwo

They would be the first target (for suspicion) you would look at and frankly there aren't too many other obvious ones.

James Jeffrey

My suspicion, in England at least, is that the more charitable view will prevail.

Michael Atherton

They stay in their homes, ... There is a lot of suspicion. Fifty percent of the children that were held hostage did not return to school after the attack. Parents and children are fearful and mistrustful about school.

Lisa Aronson

My suspicion is that the next nominee will not be someone from the staff.

Fred Mcclure

No doubt, Pier 1 has a substantial brand equity, ... My suspicion is that Buffett sees through the current problems and has confidence in whatever new vision and strategy the company is working on that isn't apparent yet to outsiders.

Craig Johnson

On the whole, the common thread is suspicion about profits.

Richard Kersley

In some of these communities we've faced some culture barriers where there is a lack of trust in government, a natural suspicion, in addition to language barriers. That's why we've established these partnerships with people who have the trust of the community.

Kathleen Harrington

It was certainly controversial and disturbing from the beginning. There were a lot of people in law enforcement who had suspicions of Bob Rogers. There was a definite pall of suspicion.

Scott Roberts

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

James Monroe

There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.

Rod Serling

When it comes to love, you are a very attentive and loyal partner. Sometimes, to get attention, you may play with a lover's insecurities. Among your negative tendencies is creating jealousy or suspicion on purpose or being obsessive or possessive.

Blair Gorman

The suspicion must be that Tony Blair has already decided to advocate an increase in the use of nuclear power - this review will serve little purpose if the prime minister has already made up his mind.

Norman Baker

Do your country one last service and cleanse it of the suspicion that shady figures influenced German policy for years, ... morally discredited.

Peter Struck

It's just something that flagged in the computer, not a lot of suspicion, until you don't cooperate. That's when they'll get serious, not when you send documents and schedule meetings at their request.

Michael Gutter

Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them.

Johannes Brahms

This is not a surprise and people should not be prescribing them without an accurate diagnosis or a high clinical suspicion because they know that influenza is circulating in the community. The downside of that is the cost, creating resistance, adverse events and no effectiveness. It just doesn't work.

Dr. Tom Jefferson

I would say it is not only an act of statesmanship but an act of faith. Both our countries were departing from something which has been well ingrained in the mind-sets of most of our people. We knew there was going to be significant opposition to change. Change is always viewed with suspicion and often viewed as subversive.

Ronen Sen

My suspicion is that women are paying more attention to their health and are working on it. Men tend to make light of health issues more and wait until it's too late, some crisis comes along. They have a heart attack. Their blood pressure goes up.

James Casey

I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it.

Mark Hamill

Women represent change in a region where politicians are viewed with suspicion.

Joseph Ramos

Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the most outstanding. Its ability to annihilate distance has been in direct proportion to its achievements in assisting to annihilate suspicion and misunderstanding among provincial officials far removed from one another or from the officials at the seat of government.

Madame Chiang Kai shek

He believed someone had slept in his bed. This suspicion was heightened when the deceased and Smith found a bag containing toiletries outside the homestead.

Chris Clarke

There must be a strong suspicion that this is a ruse to increase the number of schools that can be turned into academies, so that the Prime Minister's target of 200 academies can be met.

John Dunford

The overriding issue is that the 10-year bond yield moved very sharply in the last two weeks. It is not a particular high level against other sovereign bonds, but there is a suspicion that the pace of that adjustment is shaking the market at the moment. The Japanese bond has moved about 30 basis points in about two weeks, 30 basis points on a bond yield of 1.5% is a big move.

Edward Bonsor