Quotes About Doubt

Miz Louisa, she believed in God with all her soul. But she don't subscribe to church much. She say the way some folk run they's churches, it take God right out cha heart.' - Eugene Randall

By not using it. By not believing in it anymore. Belief, having faith in something, is a very powerful thing

When in doubt, say nothing. When not in doubt, double down on that advice.

there?" "Doubtful. While

posting will be at the unemployment office." "I don't think

How do you let magic die?" I said slowly. I didn't know why, but I felt a great sense of loss at this. "By not using it. By not believing in it anymore. Belief, having faith in something, is a very powerful thing, Vega.

She did not believe in a benign higher being. She could not. She had suffered too much to think of a heavenly force in the sky that would let such evil walk the earth without lifting a hand to stop it.

You ask me that question two, three years ago I'd say yeah, damn straight you will. Yes sir." He looked out at the crush of people. "You ask me today, I say I don't know. I don't care what court you're in. Supreme Court, traffic court. Things are changing, man. Not just the courts either. Everything. Everybody. Whole goddamn world's changing and I just don't know anymore." They

I'm trying to decide if you're hopelessly naïve or I'm a confirmed cynic.

Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" "Probably. Why?" "Just wanted confirmation.

When her long fingers clamped around Michelle's in a handshake, Michelle wondered if the woman used to call herself Carl.

I like to verify things independently. It's not like any of us are infallible.

that neither of them had seen before. "If people

prevaricate. As a detective and now a PI, he had to

David Baldacci

her with him she was likely going to

When ind out, say nothing. When not in doubt, double down on that advice.

Shaw didn't answer, He didn't know anything, not for sure. But what he did have was an instict that almost never led him down the wrong path. And every inner warning signal he had was blaring away.

Listen, ask questions, don't believe anything is true unless you can corroborate it, and don't trust anyone.

that that won't be the case." "I don't trust

Your problem is you don't believe in anything, Lou. And your problem is you believe in everything

If the calculus is much like a cathedral, its construction the work of centuries, it remained until the nineteenth century a cathedral suspiciously suspended in midair, the thing simply hanging there, with no one absolutely convinced that one day the gorgeous and elaborate structure would not come crashing down and fracture in a thousand pieces.

We can't just accept it – we must doubt it. For by doubting we come to inquiry, and from inquiry we come to the truth.

Your faith in Homo technologicus -the Tinkering Man- has one fatal flaw. It offers you no escape clause.