Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people.
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
It is a matter of regret that many low, mean suspicions turn out to be well founded.
The things that Billy Graham says, I really have no idea why he says them. He talks about things without really knowing all the facts. I just think there's something wrong with the man.
Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown... There's something so hopelessly gross and vile about him it's hard to take him seriously.
One must be especially wary of an Administration that seems to feel that what it judges to be a good end, always justifies any means.
As a citizen I felt appalled that we WENT TO WAR over faulty information - that felt false or at least "stretched" from the first time they started to push the idea that Iraq and 9/11 were connected, though they didn't seem to be and there was no logical reason for thinking they were. It's like your neighbors the Smiths burned your house down, and then the next day you retaliated by burning down the Jones' house.
I think there is something about a good person doing bad things for what they consider to be a good reason. Then the battle is on to almost prove to the audience that it's justified. How far can you go with that? How far can that character go before people won't accept it? Trying to walk to edge of that line is a challenge.
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it's always worth taking a careful second look.
As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to.
I can't imagine what they're planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it, and it won't be legal.
Dana White's a scumbag. I don't take anything he says with any value.
I was no fool; I was aware that when another man is too anxious to force money on one, it is time to examine the cards, for there is almost certainly something illegal, or dangerous, or both, involved in the matter.
There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Are there any good guys on 'Prison Break?' I suppose there might be. I can't honestly say whether I'm a good guy or a bad guy or I'm a good guy in wolf's clothing or sheep's clothing.
Hardy's either done the wrong thing for the wrong reason . . . " Another big swallow. "Or the wrong thing for the right reason.
Sometimes, his methods and his motives are questionable and even his morals are questionable in the way he does things. But I think his intention is always to protect his daughter.
Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.
