Quotes About Skepticism

I believed excessively in Conspiracy Theories - though maybe not as much as the U.S. government does.

I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy theory.

You know, I'm not big on conspiracy theory. It does really kind of get my blood going when I find out there really are conspiracies that actually happened.

I don't believe in the moon landing conspiracy theory. I don't believe in Big Foot.

Maybe we're kind of predisposed to think that anything a politician does is calculated and therefore suspect.

It is amazing to think after all that has happened in this country in the last few years, the last few decades, that so many people have this blind faith that government is our friend and therefore, so we don't need protections against it.

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.

I hate politics. What they say and what they do is completely different.

I do understand people when they say that you destroy the magic of childhood if you encourage too much skeptical questioning.

When people say that the Internet is going to make us all geniuses, that was said about the telegraph. On the other hand, when they say the Internet is going to make us stupid, that also was said about the telegraph.

I'm gullible. I think people mean what they say.

Speaking of trust, ever since I wrote this book, 'Liespotting,' no one wants to meet me in person anymore - no, no, no, no, no. They say, 'It's okay. We'll email you.' I can't even get a coffee date at Starbucks. My husband's like, 'Honey, deception? Maybe you could have focused on cooking. How about French cooking?'

A lot of young people don't have a lot of faith in politicians. You can't depend on what they say. They talk in circles. They don't speak the kind of language that has truth to them. I'm speaking differently.

A thief believes everybody steals.

In Puerto Rico there is an old adage that goes something like this: 'The thief believes that, like himself, everyone else is also a thief.' I'd like to add that the corrupted person and all of the corrupted journalists all see corruption around them. In their corrupt minds, they have an inability to see any of the good in another person.

I think the American people, with some justification, think that most politicians live in la-la land.

You label somebody 'New Age,' and that's automatic mockery: 'She cannot possibly be a serious thinker.'

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.

It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled.

For thirty years, I've been hearing that it's getting better for women. And until I see statistical proof over enough years that that's true, I won't believe it.

I am cynical about politicians. My experience of politicians has been thoroughly negative. I have found that politicians are people that can not be taken at face value. There are very few politicians I have been impressed with.

At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

Being a skeptical and thoughtful consumer of polls is essential.