Mistrust Quotes

I don`t mistrust sentiment and emotion, no. The question becomes, `Are you giving them something to make them a little happier, or are you putting in something that is inherently true to the material?` Are people behaving the way we all really behave, or are they behaving the way we would like them to behave? I mean, the world is not as it`s presented in Frank Capra films. People love those films - which are beautifully made - but I wouldn`t describe them as a true picture of life. The questions are always, is it true? Is it interesting? To worry about those mandatory scenes that some people think make a picture is often just pandering to some conception of an audience. Some films try to outguess an audience. They try to ingratiate themselves, and it`s not something you really have to do. Certainly audiences have flocked to see films that are not essentially true, but I don`t think this prevents them from responding to the truth.

Call it enlightened cowardice, if you like. Actually, over the years I discovered that I just didn`t enjoy flying, and I became aware of compromised safety margins in commercial aviation that are never mentioned in airline advertising. So I decided I`d rather travel by sea, and take my chances with the icebergs (...) I am afraid of aeroplanes. I`ve been able to avoid flying for some time but, I suppose, if I had to I would. Perhaps it`s a case of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing. At one time, I had a pilot`s licence and 160 hours of solo time on single-engine light aircraft. Unfortunately, all that seemed to do was make me mistrust large aeroplanes.

If black people mistrust white people, they are mistrusting racism, and that is appropriate.

Many of (the Native women victims) stay silent because of cultural barriers, a mistrust of white dominated agencies and also the history of inactivity of state and tribal agencies to prosecute crimes.

Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health; everything unconditional belongs in pathology.

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

They are next-door neighbors with a past of conflict and a present of bitter mistrust,

When mistrust comes in, love goes out.

It is more shameful to mistrust one`s friends than to be deceived by them