Quotes About Skepticism

Almost all of history is an unbroken trail of one conspiracy after another. Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception.

In properly organized groups no faith is required what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.

Though I believe in liberalism, I find it difficult to believe in liberals.

I don't know what young fellows want to go in for those sort of things for?" I said. "Wars are a waste of time; and advertising is all lies." "I am afraid, my dear Mister Le Page," he said, looking very sorry for me, "you are an anachronism.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.

It means nothing if I say yes or no. If I say yes, you cannot verify it, if I say no, you are none the wiser. You have no business to believe me. I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.

He doesn't believe in "the one." There are zillions of people in the world; no one is that special.

Rosie crosses her arm. "That's one of those things you say to sound smart, right?" she says. "But, really, you're trying to make someone else feel stupid.

Jesus, I thought Zuckerman was cheating in you, Chief.

I doubt that," I said. "I can argue with anything.

Why was it acceptable for apparently well-meaning people to see the world in such a general way?

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well.

The rewards of tolerance are treachery and betrayal.

We ain't got time for a goddamn poetry recital. An' your juices feel like rain on the inferno? What the fuck is that, is that from the letter you wrote to penthouse?

I realized, then, that being an adult was just about bullshitting everyone around you. Just do things until someone stops you from doing those things, and then say, "Oh, that isn't allowed?

He never understood when she said that if she went to a doctor, the doctor would only invent a disease that would explain why he couldn't help her.

people seem eager to believe that aliens exist, despite the lack of hard evidence and the huge number of proven frauds and hoaxes.

A man will believe anything that does not cost him anything," said

In many ways, prevailing ways of thinking about animals should make us skeptical of our claim that it is our rationality that distinguishes "us" from "them.

Discerning someone's character, true values, and suitability for marriage is hard work. It takes time, counsel, and a healthy dose of objective self-doubt and skepticism. Identifying someone as "God's chosen" or Plato's "soul mate" is comparatively easy. You "feel" it in your gut. It seems right. You can't imagine anyone else. You must have found the one!

I trust no one totally.

I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.

Anyone working for a big company might be skeptical that a large business, or even a strictly online business, can form the same kind of friendly, loyal relationship with customers as a local retailer. I'm saying it's already been done because I lived it.