Suspicious

Famous quotes containing the word suspicious:

“Whenever we discover a dislike in us, toward any one, we should ever be a little suspicious of ourselves.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“I’ve always wondered why European politicians as a group seemed brighter than American politicians as a group. Maybe it’s because many American politicians have the race issue to fall back on. They become lazy, suspicious of innovative ideas, and as a result American institutions atrophy.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)

“The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–83)