Quotes About Skepticism

We usually talk about doubt and unbelief together as if they are one and the same. Actually

Years ago I heard a well-known Bible teacher say, "If you want to find a spiritual person, don't look in the church." He said that because in church you can't tell who is real and who is putting

Never trust a source 100 percent. Or even ninety. Okay, 75 percent, tops.

Never trust anyone. You are always alone, and betrayal is inevitable.

A small bubble-shaped craft sat on two legs that ended in what looked like oversize duck feet. The bubble was made of green-tinted plastic. There was a small propeller at one end. "Are you kidding me?" Dan asked. "Did you buy that at Target?" "I designed it myself," Alistair said, patting it.

For a man who's just inherited a small empire, Ian, you have a remarkably sour expression on your face. Would you care to join me for a drink and a few hands of cards, my lord?" An ironic smile twisted Ian's lips as he turned to acknowledge one of the few aristocrats he respected and regarded as a friend. "Certainly," he mocked. " Your Grace. " Jordan Townsende laughed. "It gets a little tedious, does it not?

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If you aren't a living example of 'the devil quoting scripture.'

In modern epistemology, or theory of knowledge, certain assumptions are common. Among them is the view that the existence of knowledge must be justified against the sceptic, that is, the person who thinks that we can never know anything, because he holds that we can never meet the conditions for knowledge.

In modern epistemology, or theory of knowledge, certain assumptions are common. Among them is the view that the existence of knowledge must be justified against the sceptic, that is, the person who thinks that we can never know anything, because he holds that we can never meet the conditions for knowledge. Knowledge is taken to be, at least in part, a matter of being in the right relation to facts or information.

She looked at me in a troubled sort of way, the way I look today at people who rave about the food at Applebee's or the Olive Garden.

Somewhere, sometime, somebody taught her to question everything - though it might have been a good thing if he'd also taught her to question the act of questioning.

Good fortune, contentment, peace, happiness have never been able to deceive me for long. I expected the worst, and I was right. So much for the dream of man.

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

Reason may not always tell us what to believe, but it can help us on what we shouldn't believe.

Zweifel?" rief das Ungeheuer. "Wir reden hier nicht von gesunder Skepsis, mein junger Freund! Nein, ich zweifelte nicht - ich sorgte mich, und das ist ein Unterschied wie... wie zwischen denken und träumen. Ich fing an, mir um alles Gedanken zu machen - um restlos alles! Ich kann mir Sorgen um die Gesundheit machen, um die Zukunft, um die Gegenwart - sogar um die Vergangenheit, was eine besonders sinnlose Variante ist.

Verlass dich nie auf die Ehrhaftigkeit eines anderen!

All histories do show, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all men are evil, and will declare themselves so to be when occasion is offered.

Una llamada telefónica de la persona que "supuestamente" nos ama puede estar motivada por muchas cosas distintas al amor: una simple nostalgia pasajera, confirmar un chisme, sentimientos de pesar o de culpa.

Titubear sin angustia, tantear, cuestionar o sospechar no son defectos, forman parte de una mente escudriñadora y naturalmente incrédula e inconformista.

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.

Tell that to the marines—the sailors won't believe it.

Being willing to question is one thing; questioning well and effectively is another.

Don't just teach your children to read. Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything." After