Quotes About Doubt

What does a promise mean, when it's made to a monster?

So. In open ocean, drifting blind now, and with no way to stop moving through the dark. It is Artt who's brought them to this extremity, and it's too late for doubt. 'Never mind. We won't founder,' he assures them. 'We travel in the palm of God's hand.

And how will we recognise our island?' Trian wonders. 'By a sign of some kind.' Cormac realises something: the Prior doesn't know. Trian hesitates as if about to say more, but doesn't. It comes to Cormac that maybe it's their fault the boat hasn't reached the island yet, his and Trian's. We of little faith.

My radar, after all these years of sanity, is still off when it comes to what people do or don't mean.

I think I've lost my faith and I can't stop writing because I don't know how much longer I can hold on.

Either Jesus is a reliable guide, or he is not.

Libby seems a good sort. I don't know that I'm

I don't know why it is, Captain Short, but whenever you start agreeing with me, I get decidedly nervous.

Perhaps we can win, he thought. But there will be no happy ending

Conor, I could search the world for another swashbuckling scientist, but I doubt if I would find one like you.

Evolution is a theory with more holes than a Dutch dam of swiss cheese.

I met Jesus,' mumbled Vern, his head coming up. 'He weren't even a good carpenter.

I don't trust any of you.

I don't know what to believe, or who to trust.

One: listen to your commander—he is always right. Two: ignore all hunches, unless suggested by your commander, who is always right. Three: if in doubt, call your commander. The one who is always right.

VERN DID NOT TRUST HUMANS WAS

The centaur was unconvinced. "I doubt it. My bugs don't have bugs.

Ik weet niet hoe het komt, kapitein Short, maar telkens wanneer je het met me eens dreigt te zijn, word ik bijzonder nerveus. - Root

It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible.

We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

We disconnected. And I wondered if we had ever truly connected.

With success came a new, deeper doubt that any activity, even his cherished writing, could make life mean anything.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.