John Jay Quotes

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

Not to be negative, but I think the biggest lesson is don't trust anyone.

I used to trust people easily, but now I'm a little careful because some experiences have taught me to not trust anyone blindly.

Players don't trust most of the people around them.

I lack trust in others.

I trust no one totally.

Every year in my life, I trust fewer and fewer people.

No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.

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.

The hardest thing is that you can't trust people now. You just can't.

Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.

Trust not a new friend or an old enemy.

There is not a single human being that I trust!

Never trust anyone without a vested interest.

As the trust deficit persists, a deeper rot takes hold: Attitudes and norms begin to change. When no one is trustworthy, it will be only fools who trust. The concept of fairness itself is eroded.

Social man regards all those by whom he is surrounded as enemies, or beings who may become such. He is ever on his guard lest his plain speaking should be willfully perverted, or should assume a meaning he never thought of, through the animosity or prejudice of the individual that hears him.

I don't trust nobody, and I mean that.

I personally never trusted the audience.

People don't trust anyone.

I always have doubts. I am weary of people.

I don't trust anybody.

When you don't trust people all of the sudden you stop trusting anything.

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