Quotations and Literature Forum

Who first said, "It's not your paranoia, the bastards are really after you," or words generally to that effect?

ah hahaha.. i would be the person who said it first time ..but unfortunately.


..."just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you" ... nirvana-territorial pissings

also i heard it a sentence comes from klingons* (http://www.kli.org)

This is a similar one that I found:

"When everybody's out to get you, paranoia is just good thinking."
- Dr Johnny Fever - WKRP in Cincinnati

"Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you." - Unknown
http://www.rpi.edu/~markhn/quotes.html

Also frequently attributed to Abbie Hoffman (accuracy unknown, it was probably just a popular saying)

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
~ Catch-22 (apparently Alan Arkin [playing Yossarian] says this in the film version)
http://www.reviewfocus.com/cat996/prod1 ... view1.html

Even a paranoid has some real enemies.
~ Henry A Kissinger, Newsweek 13 Jun 83
http://www.bartleby.com/63/38/4638.html

MULDER: Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you, Scully...
~ X-Files

i've read from somewhere woody allen said it too.

Ah yes! What a perfect line for Woody Allen!

i never understood his humor... he is just a little too ecsentric for me sorry...

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