Quotes About Skepticism

I'd better say at the start that I don't actually believe in magic any more than I believe in astrology, because I'm a Taurean and we don't go in for all that weirdo occult stuff.

Lawn looked down at his patient. In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this?

Lord Vetinari lifted an eyebrow with the care of one who, having found a piece of caterpillar in his salad, raises the rest of the lettuce.

But all them things exist, said Nanny Ogg. That's no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages 'em.

I've never heard of you and I know this city like the back of my hand,' said Vimes. 'Right. And how often do you look at the back of your hand Mr Vimes?…

That doesn't sound very reliable to me, said the druid nastily. How can a book know what day it is? Paper can't count.

MERE ACCUMULATION OF OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE IS NOT PROOF.

We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they're elected. Don't you?' 'Why?' 'It saves time.

As for Mr. Pin and Mr. Tulip, all that need be known about them at this point is that they are the kind of people who call you "friend." People like that aren't friendly.

Never trust a woman who gives funny names to means of transport.

So computers are tools of the devil? thought Newt. He had no problem believing it. Computers had to be the tools of somebody, and all he knew for certain was that it definitely wasn't him.

I'm a dinosaur, he thought, lumbering through a world where truthtellers are despised.

Could anyone truly trust a cat?

As they sang, this nondescript and indifferent street audience gazed, held by the peculiarity of such an unimportant-looking family publicly raising its collective voice against the vast skepticism and apathy of life.

I don't really trust politicians, and our job is to call them out. It's old-school journalism.

In most daily journalism, you only fact-check something if it seems a little fishy.

I find myself believing everything that journalists tell me.

I hate journalists. I don't trust them.

Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists.

It's in the DNA of Scientology that they don't trust journalists.

All in all, I just don't trust journalists - and I don't think it's a good practice for me to trust journalists.

For me, when I was growing up I was told the police weren't on our side. From being stereotyped because we drive nice cars to being judged for the clothing we wear, I was told I would never be given the benefit of the doubt.

I'm not so keen on letting my car drive itself.

I believe Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill John Kennedy. I believe that.