Quotes About Skepticism

People are smarter now. That's one thing we taught them. Don't trust anybody. Don't trust your government. Don't trust the media. Don't trust anybody over thirty.

I listened to Karen Woo give an explaination of photosynthesis once," he said. "God only knows why they were discussing photosynthesis.They hung on her every word, like she was a PBS special. Her explaination didn't even involve sunlight. These people will believe anything. They will say anything.

She no longer lived in a world of speculation or recall and would take nothing on faith when the facts were but a few clicks away. It drove me nuts. I was sick to death of having as my dinner companions Wikipedia, About.com, IMDb, the Zagat guide, Time out New York, a hundred Tumblrs, the New York Times, and People magazine. Was there not some strange forgotten pleasure in reveling in our ignorance? Would we just be wrong?

She no longer lived in a world of speculation or recall and would take nothing on faith when the facts were but a few clicks away. It drove me nuts. I was sick to death of having as my dinner companions Wikipedia, About.com, IMDb, the Zagat guide, Time out New York, a hundred Tumblrs, the New York Times, and People magazine. Was there not some strange forgotten pleasure in reveling in our ignorance? Couldn't we just be wrong?

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy.

He may be friendly, but he's not your friend.

You haven't entered a new age at all but one of upscale nihilism, deluxe nihilism.

I could never take the idea of religion very seriously.

La falta de fe en los hombres, el mezquino instinto que los impulsaba a buscar garantías, aun en la caridad.

Skepticism was a drug for him. Life's vicissitudes had taught him never to be caught without it. A most useful drug, it magically invigorated his heart, transforming opprobrium into piety and ignominy into tolerance.

Las personas realmente inteligentes dudan sobre todo y sobre todos, pero por encima de todo dudan de ellos mismos.

Cuando un trato parece demasiado bueno para ser verdad, adivina el resto».

En resumen, un científico es por definición un rebelde que se enfrenta a todo lo establecido, que desafía el principio de autoridad y que no se cree nada de lo que le cuentan. Todo científico es un escéptico y un revolucionario. Por eso soy científico, no porque acepte sin crítica lo que me diga la academia. Además, ¿quién es la academia? La ciencia no tiene sanedrines.

Tal vez era demasiado para el veterano, para sus ganas de creer. "Tiene la sabia redondez de la mentira" pensó sin saber de dónde venía esa frase, la cita escéptica. Eligió la ingenuidad: —Qué suerte...

You cannot believe everything you hear

I should say no more. Because when we dislike someone we are always very ready to believe any ill of them

skepticism has its place. Statisticians are paid to be skeptics; they are the conscience of science.

You had no right." Oh, yes, he did. He suggested, "Why don't you write that down. Put it in my handwriting. Perhaps I'll chance to read it, think I wrote it: Maybe then I'll believe you.

I mistrust mountebanks—especially of the female variety.

truth he had had his doubts about

To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each saves us from thinking.

Ich bilde schon lange keine Meinungen mehr. Ich sage Dinge, weil sie besser klingen als andere, die ich ebenfalls hätte sagen können.

Tarryton did so, but not before saying, "I wouldn't be surprised if Billington came up to scratch on this gel." "Billington, Farnsworth, and a few others," Alex said with his most affable smile. "Ashbourne?" Dunford's voice was colder than ice. "Dunford?" "Shut up.

Dunford arrived a few minutes later and gave her an approving nod. "You look lovely, Henry." She smiled her thanks but decided not to put too much stock in his compliment. It sounded like the sort of thing he said automatically to any woman in his vicinity.