Paranoia Quotes

“For paranoia was Zig's late style: How else but through networks and conspiracies could he fashion a target big enough for his outrage? Richard usually found paranoia uninteresting, insofar as it swept away the incidental, which was the real grist of history.”

“Was it still paranoia if all his fears were justified?”

“I know a secret,and secrets breed paranoia.”

“And every historic effort to forge a democratic project has been undermined by two fundamental realities: poverty and paranoia. The persistence of poverty generates levels of despair that deepen social conflict the escalation of paranoia produces levels of distrust that reinforce cultural division. Rae is the most explosive issue in American life precisely because it forces us to confront the tragic facts of poverty and paranoia despair, and distrust. In short, a candid examination of race matters takes us to the core of the crisis of American democracy (p. 107).”

“Paranoia is just having the right information.”

“Paranoia, he said, was fundamentally egocentric, and every conspiracy theory served in some way to aggrandize the believer.But he was also fond of saying, at other times, that even paranoid schizophrenics have enemies.”

“Experiences might teach us to be cautious, but never to be paranoid. Paranoia is a limiter of destiny”

“To have paranoia, it's nothing bad it's like your antivurs system on your computer, it makes as much secure as possible.”

“My paranoia wasn't always right, but just to be on the safe side, I never went to sleep with a clown in the room.”