Quotes About Skepticism

do not believe in large-scale conspiracies. If I ever meet more than three or four people who can actually keep a secret, then maybe I'll reconsider.

Common sense is the lie codified and vulgarized.

I have a lot of skepticism about marriage and monogamy.

What the fuck is legal in this universe? Stars eat each other, wolves eat the pigs, and Grandma fucks over Little Red Riding Hood.

as long as there is an AI shortcoming in any such area of endeavor, skeptics will point to that area as an inherent bastion of permanent human superiority over the capabilities of our own creations. This book will argue, however, that within several decades information-based technologies will encompass all human knowledge and proficiency, ultimately including the pattern-recognition powers, problem-solving skills, and emotional and moral intelligence of the human brain itself.

Necesario siempre me ha parecido una palabra exagerada

The girl gave him a look which ought to have stuck at least four inches out of his back.

The thing about miracles is... if you have faith, you don't need them, and if you're a doubter, well then no miracle is ever enough. This is from the book The Last Templar.

It's not easy going through life constantly questioning the punk credibility of everyone around you.

Recently, someone asked me if I believed in astrology. He seemed somewhat puzzled when I explained that the reason I don't is that I'm a Gemini.

I've got a new rule. It'll be rule No. 312. If it's three days before a campaign, don't believe anything new you hear about anybody.

Right now people seem to be very tentative about the positive benefits of capitalism.

I never trust anything that can be captured in 2 takes.

I used to trust people easily, but now I'm a little careful because some experiences have taught me to not trust anyone blindly.

Faith is a gift. Some feel like they were never blessed with it, others just casually let it fall away.

There were a lot of naysayers over the years. People would say, 'Why are we spending all of this money? Are you sure this cellular thing will turn out to be something?'

There's nothing I really believe about 50 Cent.

I accept sceptics, you've got to have challenges.

Science is basically an inoculation against charlatans.

There is something cheap about magic that works just because it is magic.

I'm not saying all men are likely to cheat.

I'm a Christian - I really don't believe in UFOs.

Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.

The very idea of supernatural magic - including miracles - is incoherent, devoid of sensible meaning.