“If I could believe in myself, why not give other improbabilities the benefit of the doubt?”

“Sometimes I doubt and sometimes I believe. And I like not making myself believe when I am doubting, and not making myself doubt when I am believing. Surely neither God nor Accident need my consistency.”

“This is the hard part about having best friends that I feel no attachment to -- I don't give them any benefit of the doubt. And being best friends is always about the benefit of the doubt.”

“The reason why I gave up all the privileges and economic benefits was that I felt I could not let my sons lead a life like me, as a modern-day slave. I believed the best legacy I could leave for my sons was to give them the freedom that is so common to everyone in America.”

“I don't believe anyone ever suspects how completely unsure I am of my work and myself and what tortures of self-doubting the doubt of others has always given me.”

“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.”

“You're not a sucker. You're just nice. You give people the benefit of the doubt.”

“By exposing myself, I hope to expose others to the many benefits of a vegetarian diet.”

“A gentleman treats his fellow man with fairness, always giving him the benefit of the doubt.”

“Nobody could believe in me the way I believed in myself.”