Delmore Schwartz Quotes

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Even paranoids have real enemies.

I'm not paranoid, no. I'm different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.

Paranoia is dangerous for individuals and for nations as it gives rise to irrational behavior.

I never looked at Gallagher like he was a threat to me.

I have been a conspirator for so long that I mistrust all around me.

The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.

There's a sense of being under siege in many Muslim communities. People just assume there are agents or informants in their mosque now. It's a fact of life.

Don't forgive and never forget; Do unto others before they do unto you; and third and most importantly, keep your eye on your friends, because your enemies will take care of themselves!

And that's why, when they want to get rid of anyone, they usually bring him down here (like they were doing with me) and say they'll leave him to the ghosts. But I always wondered if they didn't really drown 'em or cut their throats. I never quite believed in the ghosts. But those two cowards you've just shot believed all right. They were more scared of taking me to my death than I was of going.

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

We fear our neighbor's hostile mood because we are afraid that this mood will lead him to penetrate our secrets.

I trust no one - that microphone, that book.

Whenever I've had a problem with any female in this entire game, I will say your name... I'm going to say your government. I'm going to look it up. I'm going to say your mother's name, your father's name, your kid's name. I want you to know that I'm talking about you.

I have experienced threats. Not just to me, but to my family.

I don't trust anybody.

I don't really trust nobody.

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

I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position.

Shots came, I don't know where they was sent from. Probably some bad hoes I'm bouta take the hint from

My enemies are everywhere. And sometimes, those we least suspect turn out to be our biggest threats.

A paranoid is someone who has all the facts.

Madmen always think it's the others who are mad.

Suspicion shall be all stuck full of eyes.