Quotes About Skepticism

People do not necessarily reveal what is going on - only bad actors do.

I think that it's important to question things and not just accept everything right away.

How stupid do you have to be to imagine that you can turn 'The Lord Of The Rings' into a film script?

I find in Britain people are both more arty and more willing to rip you off.

Scientists are always skeptics.

People don't generally listen to scientists much.

My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.'

It's not that I don't get on bandwagons; I just climb aboard only after most of the band has packed up and left for the next gig.

If I were Sarah Palin, would I want to sit in an interview with someone who was secretly out to get me? Probably not.

I don't usually admire Sarah Palin, but when she was making fun of this 'hopey changey stuff,' she was right: there was nothing there.

There has been so much rubbish written up in the papers over the years.

I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that.

If the majority of people were right, we'd be living in paradise. But we are not living in paradise, we are living in hell. What does it mean? That means the majority of people are wrong. So I never believed what people told me.

I think having a healthy distrust of authority is a good thing, within certain parameters, obviously.

African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us.

Just because they really are out to get you doesn't mean you aren't paranoid.

When 'Paranoid' came out, how many other 'Paranoids' came out? No shots, just real.

It's always good, when it comes to immigration, to always be paranoid. You can never be too paranoid.

I used to think of it as a joke that all paranoids were right. That was a joke in the '60s, but now I'm convinced that people should be paranoid reflexively - and then pare it down from there if there's any indication that they're wrong.

I don't believe in ghosts or paranormal activity, but one time I think I saw - I might have seen - no, I think I did see a ghost.

However, I believe that it would be difficult to have legitimate scientists agree to participate.

I do not believe in self-proclaimed parties.

The general public has long been divided into two parts those who think science can do anything, and those who are afraid it will.

Often what passes for faith in this world is little more than gullibility.