Quotes About Doubt

It is a serious matter to destroy a man's faith without replacing it.

[Early on,] the attitude was that what I was doing wasn't music.

There is to my mind no doubt that the concept of beautiful had its roots in sexual excitation and that its original meaning was sexually stimulating.

Why should beauty be suspect?

But I fear, my lot being cast in Scotland, that beauty would not be content.

Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can.

The best way to get past doubt and inexperience is simply action.

Maybe—just maybe—Sadie had my best interests at heart. (I just caught her making faces at me, so maybe not.)

When I left 'Days of Our Lives,' I was like, 'I don't know if I'm ever working again. I'm going to do the best I can. If it happens, great. If not, well... it sucks for me.

Atheism is a cruel long term business, and I have gone through it to the end.

I'm in the business where I can't ever say there's no risk associated with someone.

There isn't a single business where anybody feels secure.

I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business.

I get the sense many people are unsure about their digital media allocation. Even those who believe they are progressive in their thinking wonder if they have got it right.

The business of the philosopher is well done if he succeeds in raising genuine doubt.

There has to be a measure of faith. That's what this business is all about: trusting in something that may never show up, that you have no concrete proof of.

behold The approach of him whom none believes, Whom all believe that all believe, A pagan in a varnished car.

Did you hotwire this car?" I then rephrased my question. "Did you STEAL this car?

If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong.

I've never stayed awake at night over a chance I took that failed, but I've stayed awake over chances I didn't take.

You think we stand a chance? (Delphine) Like an icicle on the equator. (Phobos)

We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief.

theism is an addiction. We're all addicted to hope - hope that the doubt and mystery will go away.

Not an unbeliever, sir, a free-thinker. Perhaps you've never thought about the difference. As a free-thinker I can believe what I like, when I like. I can commit you, in your sad situation, to the protection of God this evening, even though tomorrow morning I shan't believe he exists. As an unbeliever I should be obliged not to believe, and that's an unwarrantable restriction on my thoughts.