Kinky Friedman Quotes

I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?

I think I've always been paranoid.

After spending most of her life scanning the horizon for slights and threats, genuine and imagined, she knew the real threat to her happiness came not from the dot in the distance, but from looking for it. Expecting it. Waiting for it. And in some cases, creating it. Her father had jokingly accused her of living in the wreckage of her future. Until one day she'd looked deep into his eyes and saw he wasn't joking. He was warning her.

Paranoia is knowing all the facts.

paranoia is just a heightened sense of awareness

A paranoid is someone who has all the facts.

I'm one of those religious people who are afraid of everything. I'm instantly worried about everything that could go wrong.

Smart people understand that there is no such thing as paranoia. It is just another mask for ignorance.

Suspicion often creates what it suspects.

Anyone not paranoid in this world must be crazy. . . . Speaking of paranoia, it's true that I do not know exactly who my enemies are. But that of course is exactly why I'm paranoid.

Paranoia has a sharper taste if the danger is real.

Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.

I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.

Just because they really are out to get you doesn't mean you aren't paranoid.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

My nature is to worry about everything too much.

I was always suspicious and looking over my shoulder because that's how I was raised.

It's amazing where the paranoid mind can take you.

I'm a paranoid person. I really am.

I'm sometimes a little bit paranoid.

I am too much of a worrier. I'm the person who thinks about calling round all the hospitals when someone is five minutes later than they said they would be.

We live in a world dominated by fear and paranoia.

You can't be suspicious 24/7. It's too exhausting.

The bird that hath been limed in a bush, with trembling wings misdoubteth every bush.