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Suspicion Quotes

"The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges."

"The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges."

Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch Scientist

Suspicion, World

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

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

Jewel Kilcher, American Musician

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"Listen, child-if you're at a party with a hundred people and one of them is the devil, he'll be the last one you'd suspect."

"Listen, child-if you're at a party with a hundred people and one of them is the devil, he'll be the last one you'd suspect."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Suspicion, Party, Devil, Danger

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"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice."

"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Suspicion, Malice, Stupidity, Behavior

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"Did you ever get the feeling that everything was too perfect? Like the moment was so good that something had to be wrong? Kind of like the way a fish sees that bright, shiny lure just before it chomps down and gets hauled out of water to become someone's lunch."

"Did you ever get the feeling that everything was too perfect? Like the moment was so good that something had to be wrong? Kind of like the way a fish sees that bright, shiny lure just before it chomps down and gets hauled out of water to become someone's lunch."

Neal Shusterman, American Author

Suspicion, Instinct, Perfection, Threat

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"I am looked upon with suspicion. I am on the "other side.""

"I am looked upon with suspicion. I am on the "other side.""

Harry Ellis Dickson, American Musician

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"My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose."

"My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose."

John B. S. Haldane, British Scientist

Suspicion, Universe

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"As I read, my suspicion that Jesus might really be the Messiah was confirmed."

"As I read, my suspicion that Jesus might really be the Messiah was confirmed."

Jay Alan Sekulow, American Lawyer

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"Double one mistake?Seriously?Sounds like something is going on...!"

"Double one mistake?Seriously?Sounds like something is going on...!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Suspicion, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

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"I aint sure we've seen these people before. Their kind. I dont know what to do about em even. If you killed em all they'd have to build a annex on to hell."

"I aint sure we've seen these people before. Their kind. I dont know what to do about em even. If you killed em all they'd have to build a annex on to hell."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Suspicion, Threat, Judgment, Survival

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"And people think she killed him?" said Miss Tick. She sighed. "They probably think she cooked him in the oven, or somet."

"And people think she killed him?" said Miss Tick. She sighed. "They probably think she cooked him in the oven, or somet."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Suspicion, Power, Regret, Today

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"Never trust a man with a lunatic wife in an attic," Richard told me. "And anyone named Heathcliff should make you suspicious."

"Never trust a man with a lunatic wife in an attic," Richard told me. "And anyone named Heathcliff should make you suspicious."

John Irving, American Novelist

Suspicion, Irony, Warning, Character

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"When you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "Fuck you" right under your nose."

"When you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "Fuck you" right under your nose."

J.D. Salinger, American Politician

Suspicion, Humor, Awareness, Cynicism, Defense

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"Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium."

"Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium."

Nathalie Sarraute, Russian Lawyer

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"It might, too, have been the singular cold that alienated me; for such chilliness was abnormal on so hot a day, and the abnormal always excites aversion, distrust, and fear."

"It might, too, have been the singular cold that alienated me; for such chilliness was abnormal on so hot a day, and the abnormal always excites aversion, distrust, and fear."

H. P. Lovecraft, American Novelist

Suspicion, Fear, Abnormality, Emotion

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