{"quotes":[{"text":"If my attitude be on of fear, not faith, about the one who has disappointed me; if I say “Just what I expected,” if a fall occurs, then I know nothing of Calvary Love.","author":"Amy Carmichael","tags":["calvary-love","disappointment","distrust","failure"],"id":5345,"author_id":"Amy+Carmichael"},{"text":"Nice words and nice appearance doesn't conclude that someone is nice, I believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you appear.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["aloof","alter-ego","appearance","beauty","deception","distrust","doubt","face","faces","fake-people","false-people","fawning","first-impression","flattering","flattery","good-looks","looks","nice","sinister","sugar-coating-words","sweet-talking","temporary","unbelieve"],"id":7100,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"Sometimes your dearest friend whom you reveal most of your secrets to becomes so deadly and unfriendly without knowing that they were not really your friend.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["back-stabbing","backbiting","bad-friends","bad-people","behind","betrayal","confidant","deadly","dearest","disloyalty","distrust","double-dealing","fake-friends","falseness","fickleness","friend","friends","friendship","fuck-up","hurt","infidelity","suspicion","two-timing","unfaithfulness","unfriendliness","wolves"],"id":15621,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"When distrust is so profound that it makes you wary of every word dripping from honeyed lips...It sharpens your instincts...Now for a woman, THAT is a powerful weapon...","author":"Virginia Alison","tags":["distrust","dripping","honeyed","lips","profound","weapon","woman"],"id":43337,"author_id":"Virginia+Alison"},{"text":"I find it difficult to trust my eyes. Things are never what they seem.","author":"Emory R. Frie","tags":["distrust","eyes","trust"],"id":43510,"author_id":"Emory+R.+Frie"},{"text":"It is not for nothing that an ominous feeling often attaches itself to a procession. In films and stories we see spectacles forming in the street and parades coming from around the corner, and we know to greet then with distrust and apprehension: their intent is still to be revealed.","author":"Eudora Welty","tags":["apprehension","distrust","film","intent","parade","procession","spectacle","stories","street"],"id":43681,"author_id":"Eudora+Welty"},{"text":"Even the richest of brands are robbed by poor character.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["arrogance","brand","branding","business","career","character","cockiness","company","corporation","dishonesty","distrust","ethics","genius","good-will","good-works","goodness","honesty","humility","illegal","job","kindness","lawful","legal","love","message","morality","nice","poor","pride","reputation","rich","robbery","scam","scandal","scheme","shady","skill","success","talent","trust","unlawful","wisdom","work"],"id":56344,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"To be naive is to be unaware of how stupid and cruel other people are; but, by some definitions, ignorance is nearly the opposite of naivety in being a kind of cynicism, in being unaware of their intelligence and humanity. It seems to be a normal although unfortunate case that the great many of us consciously abhor ignorance in others yet subconsciously practice it ourselves: as naivety is apparent and well-known to inflict its damage upon oneself; whereas the alternative and the easier, ignorance, its damage upon others.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["abhorrence","awareness","balance","brain","cognition","conscious","cruelty","cynicism","damage","discernment","distrust","foolishness","harm","hatred","humanity","hypocrisy","ignorance","intelligence","judging-people","judgment","naivety","psychology","selfishness","selfishness-judging-people","stupidity","subconscious","trust","unawareness","unconscious"],"id":56516,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Unsettling are the days in which everyone is an expert.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["amateur","arrogance","charlatan","coach","comfort","discomfort","distrust","ego","era","expert","false-knowledge","humility","ignorance","information","intelligence","knowledge","layman","life-coach","pride","professional","technology","time","trust","unsettling","wisdom"],"id":61194,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Da used to say that lies were easy, but trust was hard. Trust is like faith: it can turn people into believers, but every time it's lost, trust becomes harder and harder to win back.","author":"Victoria Schwab","tags":["distrust","doubt","faith","lying","trust","trustworthy"],"id":100527,"author_id":"Victoria+Schwab"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":54,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}