Quotes About Skepticism

Some natural skepticism as to the purity of all human motives came and sat upon my chest...

Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects.

However, a lot of media information—especially day-to-day news—should be approached with a healthy amount of skepticism. This is because so many media outlets (especially television, magazines, and the Internet) are more in the business of competing for your attention than giving you a balanced picture of the world.

misanthropy, hatred of mankind, is the order of the day.

Could you let me hear more, without the usual scientific jargon? All this talk of 'antigravity' and 'antimatter' sounds like scientists' covering up a big, dark, uncomfortable gaping hole in their knowledge and understanding.

Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.

I distrust official charity.All charity should be done by stealth.

The first great skeptic of American exceptionalism, he refused to believe that the country was exempt from the sober lessons of history.

The American Revolution was to succeed because it was undertaken by skeptical men who knew that the same passions that toppled tyrannies could be applied to destructive ends.

Trump's slogan to "make America great again" sounds so hollow and laughable!

It is cynical to say never trust anyone, but it is realistic to say rarely trust completely.

The lesson I learned is that the player who looks least engaged may be the most committed member of the group. A cynic, after all, is a passionate person who does not want to be disappointed again.

You're not very trusting. Are you sure you haven't been around here before?" "My dad is a drunk." "Oh, I get it," said Jack. "Mine was too.

I found I could not read just any book. It had gotten so I could see through books – the little ruses, the hooks, the setup in the beginning, the looming weight of a tragic ending, the way at the last page the author could whisk out the carpet of sorrow and restore a favorite character. I needed the writing to have a certain mineral density. It had to feel naturally meant, but not cynically contrived. I grew to dislike manipulations.

It is of men, and of them only, that one should always be frightened.

Ce monde n' est je vous l'assure qu'une immense entreprise à se foutre du monde!

To put your trust in men is to get yourself killed a little

Nikad više ne?u verovati u ono što oni govore, u ono što misle. Ljudi i samo ljudi se treba plašiti, uvek.

C'est des hommes et d'eux seulement qu'il faut avoir peur, toujours.

if you've lived this long, it's because you've squashed any poetry you had in you.

We're not suspicious enough of words, and calamity strikes. Certain

La tyrannie sans risque, sans peine... Ce sont les ratés les plus rances qui décrètent le goût du jour !... Qui ne sait rien foutre, loupe toutes ses entreprises possède encore un merveilleux recours : Critique !... Trouvaille inouïe des temps modernes, plus aucun compte jamais à rendre. Critique ne relève que de son propre culot, de ses sales petites gardiens des plus fienteux égouts... Tout en ombres, baves, toxines, immondices, curées...

Ero un bambino allora, mi faceva paura la prigione. È che non conoscevo ancora gli uomini. Non crederò più a quello che dicono, a quello che pensano. È degli uomini e di loro soltanto che bisogna aver paura, sempre.

Now was the time to make quick tracks. Back to Fort-Gono, retrace my steps? Try to explain my conduct and the circumstances of the present disaster? I hesitated . . . Not for long. Nothing can be explained. The world only knows how to do one thing, to roll over and kill you, as a sleeper kills his fleas. That would be a stupid way to die, I said to myself, to let myself be crushed like everybody else. To put your trust in men is to get yourself killed a little.