Quotes About Skepticism

Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people.

You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more interesting.

You should always believe all you read in the newspapers, as this makes them more interesting.

Like deathbed conversions, last paragraph soul-saving does not convince.

Focus, Amy. Just because he looked great in the saddle did not mean he wasn't an axe murderer.

If you're such a genius, you wouldn't believe in magic." "If you weren't such an old coot, you wouldn't need it.

Fascism counts on people's credulity, on their craving to believe, on their fear that there is nothing to believe.

ABC I taught you when dealing with the Romans. A: accept nothing; B: believe nobody; C: check everything.

What did the old man want?" "Your husband's money, just like everyone else." "But not you, eh?" Her voice was sardonic. "Not me," I said. "Money costs too much.

ever the skeptic, I demanded hardcore proof. It appeared I didn't trust my own feelings as much as I did science.

Would there be any truth in saying that psychology was created by the sophists to sow distrust between man and his world?

Coincidence is the superstition of the skeptic.

I feel that we should stop wasting our time trying to please the supernatural and concentrate on improving the welfare of human beings. I think that, uh, we should use our energy and our initiative to solve our problems, and stop relying on prayer and wishful thinking. If we have faith in ourselves, we won't have to have faith in gods.

People were, as he had long suspected, uniformly vile and rotten, vastly inferior to things. Objects never let you down.

Scientists are often seen as turbonerds, but the philosophical foundations of science are actually those of pure punk-rock anarchy: never respect authority, never take anyone's word on anything, and test all the things you think you know to confirm or deny them for yourself.

Never trust sheep.

?nsanlar?n en zay?f taraflar?, sormadan, ara?t?rmadan, dü?ünmeden, kafalar?n? patlatmadan inanmak hususundaki hayret verici temayülleridir.

?nsanlar?n en zay?f taraflar?, sormadan, ara?t?rmadan, dü?ünmeden, kafalar?n? patlatmadan inanmak hususundaki hayret verici temayülleridir. Dünyadaki yalanc? peygamberleri yeti?tirmek ve beslemek için en iyi gübre, i?te bu bilmeden inanmak için ç?rp?nan kalabal?kt?r.

Dünyadaki yalanc? peygamberleri yeti?tirmek ve beslemek için en iyi gübre, i?te bu bilmeden inanmak için ç?rp?nan kalabal?kt?r.

A man who tosses worms in the river isn't 't necessarily a friend of the fish. All the fish who take him for a friend, who think the worm's got no hook in it, usually end up in the frying pan.

No sane black man really believes that the white man ever will give the black man anything more than token integration.

Women are terrifying. One second all is fine and well, and the next, everyone is left wondering if they are the ones with the demon in them.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you[?]

Der Patriotismus ist noch nichts Negatives – und doch macht er mich oft mißtrauisch. Denn nur ein Schritt trennt ihn vom Nationalismus, und es ist wiederum bloß ein Schritt, der zwischen dem Nationalismus und dem Chauvinismus liegt. Mir gefällt Nietzsches Diktum, man solle Völker weder lieben noch hassen.