Quotes About Skepticism

He who had been a boy very credulous of life was no longer greatly interested in the possible and improbable adventures of each new day.

I wrote 'It Can't Happen Here,' but I began to think it certainly can.

I tell you, an honest man gets sick when he hears the word 'Liberty' today, after what the Republicans did to it!

Craigengelt, you are either an honest fellow in right good earnest, and I scarce know how to believe that; or you are cleverer than I took you for, and I scarce know how to believe that either.

I'm never going to believe a Poirot mystery again. Never. All those witnesses going, Yes, I remember it was 3:06 p.m. exactly, because I glanced at the clock as I reached for the sugar tongs, and Lady Favisham was quite clearly sitting on the right-hand side of the fireplace. Bollocks. They have no idea where Lady Favisham was, they just don't want to admit it in front of Poirot. I'm amazed he gets anywhere.

Oh, please. If she's going to use Mr. Darcy to prop up her arguments, I give up.

This is the last time I ever get a private detective off the internet.

It's amazing how an otherwise intelligent person can become a credulous fool as soon as you mention the words "organic," "authentic," and "Gwyneth Paltrow.

don't like the sound of that," says Suze at last.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

All men have a natural fear of making a mistake--by believing too well of a person. However, the error of believing too ill of a person is perhaps not feared, at least not in the same degree as the other.

It is the hallmark of an educated person to remain skeptical of accepted views and to regard even the most popular beliefs as working assumptions.

Nothing is uncontroversial anymore, and very little is innocent.

A good reporter remains a skeptic all his life.

I spent most of my adult life essentially agnostic or an atheist.

But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.''You mean there is pleasure in having no pleasure.

I know a lie when I hear one.

...There's a lot I don't understand...but not understanding is better not believing" - Ambrose

Three people I take their words with a grain of salt: a person in love, a drunk and an insurance agent. They never really mean exactly what they say.

Years ago there was an old man I knew that told me he didn't trust me, because people with beards were hiding from something. I told him, "That's true, I'm hiding from the barber!!

She doesn't trust easily, but when she does it's always with the devil himself.

He will work off his crudities in time. I rather mistrust young men who slip into life gracefully.

While skepticism is healthy, cynicism, real cynicism, is toxic.