Quotes About Skepticism

No... non credo che dovrei. Davvero. Ma lo disse con allegria. Bisogna immaginarselo detto con allegria. No... non credo che dovrei. Davvero. Così.

He said it softly, because he didn't believe, ever, that the truth was good for anything.

Never trust the enemy that gives you presents

In fact, none of us knows how he ever managed to get his LLB in the first place. Maybe they're putting law degrees in cornflakes boxes these days.

Be very careful of anything that looks too good to be true. Because if it looks too good to be true, that's probably because that's exactly what it is!

Skepticism had its place, but we should not lose sight of the possibility that some beliefs were both necessary and beneficial--a belief in human goodness being a prime example of this. There were plenty of grounds to doubt human goodness; but if one ceased to believe in it, then we would lose the comfort of trust. And people needed their scraps of comfort in this world if they were to be able to deal with hardship and disappointment.

The country must be full of liars," she continued. "There must be liars around every corner. Liars hiding behind every bush. Liars just waiting to tell lies about something. Unrepentant liars. Old liars, young liars; perhaps even babies whose first word is a lie. Perhaps

There you are," said Mma Makutsi. "Women have been tricked. They have tricked us, Mma. And we walked into their trap like cattle.

Or was it that people, for all they wished their friends well, never actually wished them that well?

Why, thought Ulf, should a grown man seek to defraud a gullible fish? Here is a tasty morsel—no! A concealed hook! Foolish, foolish fish...

She should not have taken any of these people at face value. She had been naive. But this conclusion, she realized, pointed unambiguously in the direction of cynicism. And she would not be a cynic. It was better to be naive, much better.

No, I mean it. People think that everybody has been involved with somebody else, whatever their nature. They find it inconceivable that one might go through life never finding anybody. But you know something, Caroline? I think that's far more common than you would ever imagine. There are plenty of people in that position.

it...planted seeds of doubt as to whether we think diabolically enough when we wonder what our government is doing behind our backs.

So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: 'Perhaps!

There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.

Pooh! Women say those things, but never do them.

It's often been said that "seeing is believing", but in many cases, the reverse is also true. Believing results in seeing.

Without such trust and safety, social relationships tend to become strategic rather than cooperative, increasingly full of skepticism and even anxiety and fear about others' intentions. (p. 27)

Though he did not believe, he was not untouched by the magic of belief ...

D?l paiko smalsumo žmon?s kartais net praranda tik?jim?.

once, didn't ye? He weren't so sure about

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

By the time you're his Shivering and sighing, And he vows his passion is Infinite, undying Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying.