Edward Dahlberg Quotes

Never trust anyone without a vested interest.

Emmy, the events we lived through taught me to be sure of nothing about other people. They taught me to expect danger around every corner. They taught me to understand that there are people in this world that mean you harm, And sometimes, they're the people who say they love you.

Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious - there was generally some reason for it.

My default state is wariness.

Being cynical isn't necessarily being negative or bitter. It's a person who is wary of mistaking love for something that it's not and getting their heart broken.

I'm very wary of trust, you see.

You've just got to be wary around people. You don't know what they want from you. Just in L.A., people have questionable motives. Everybody's kind of got an angle. You've got to be aware of that.

Those that trust no one, usually end up trusting the wrong person."-Umma to Midnight

Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.

I'm always suspicious of people, especially being in a weird realm of people kind of knowing me... and not knowing what people's motives might be.

Never trust he who trusts everyone.

I'm not paranoid,I just don't trust people.

Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts.

I lack trust in others.

What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being found out.

I wish I trusted people more. But when I meet someone, the first thing is, 'What does this person want?' And I put up a defense mechanism. But I've always been that way.

I distrust anything that you don't hear.

Sometimes you don't know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again.

You either trust someone day one until they prove you wrong, or you say, 'I don't trust you until you show me I can trust you.' I'm the latter.

I'm riddled with cynicism. Whenever anyone says 'trust me,' the hairs go up on the back of my neck.

It is important not to trust people too much.

There's only a handful of people I trust completely, and I know who they are. Other than that, I pretty much don't trust people.

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

Don't trust everyone, especially if they say, 'Trust me.'

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.