Quotes About Skepticism

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

On the whole, I wonder'd much how such a man came to be intrusted with so important a business as the conduct of a great army; but, having since seen more of the great world, and the means of obtaining, and motives for giving places, my wonder is diminished.

as I am not fond of giving advice,having seldom seen it taken

I began to suspect that this doctrine, tho' it might be true, was not very useful.

On the whole, I wondered much how such a man came to be intrusted with so important a business as the conduct of a great army; but, having since seen more of the great world, and the means of obtaining, and motives for giving places, my wonder is diminished.

stationer, that Riddlesden, the attorney, was a very knave.

There are croakers in every country, always boding its ruin.

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.

I think they had something to do with the killing of Mr. Joseph, miss." She laughed, as all adults seem to do when they don't believe something.

Let the record reflect: the American people are a bunch of suckers.

A lot of people don't believe that Kirk-Heitkamp is a real reform bill.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

I reject most conventional wisdom.

Hippies are so phoney and fake.

I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really.

Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold.

I'm a hopeful cynic.

I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar.

I once thought that I was the only man that persevered to be the friend of the white man, but since they have come and cleaned out our lodges, horses, and everything else, it is hard for to believe the white man any more.