Quotes About Skepticism

We open a book, we turn a newspaper page, we allow the television and the radio to come into our homes. All the things we are told every day - are the true?

If you doubt for a moment that there is a "vast, right-wing conspiracy" in this country, you must be living on another planet.74

He's a scientist, and they know everything. Religion is crap.

Face Guy of Gisbourne? Not likely, not anytime soon, thank you very much.

One of you is obviously lying. How on earth do I figure out which one? You both have something to gain.

Emmy, the events we lived through taught me to be sure of nothing about other people. They taught me to expect danger around every corner. They taught me to understand that there are people in this world that mean you harm, And sometimes, they're the people who say they love you.

What if it's all a hoax and we've created a better world for nothing?

I don't know if anyone who hasn't tried it can properly appreciate just how horrible it is to be constantly surrounded by people who believe in absolutely everything

non ti fidare, ragazzo mio, di quelli che promettono di farti ricco dalla mattina alla sera. Per il solito, o sono matti o imbroglioni! Il Grillo-parlante a Pinocchio

Never trust anyone Daniel, especially the people you admire

Never trust he who trusts everyone.

Old age is the lubricant of belief. When death knocks at the door, skepticism flies out the window. A serious cardiovascular fright and a person will even believe in Little Red Riding Hood.

Nunca de fíes de nadie, especialmente de la gente a la que admiras. Ésos son los que te pegarán las peores puñaladas.

You don't look well, he pronounced. Indigestion, I replied. From what? Reality. Join the queue.

The bookseller handed me the book and winked. Have a good look at it, little dumpling. I don't want you coming back to me saying I've switched it, eh? I trust you, I said. Stuff and nonsense. The last guy who said that to me (a tourist who was convinced that Hemingway had invented the fabada stew during the San Fermín bull run) bought a copy of Hamlet signed by Shakespeare in ballpoint, imagine that. So keep your eyes peeled. In the book business, you can't even trust the index.

No confío en la gente que cree tener muchos amigos. Es señal de que no conocen a los demás.

I don't trust people who say they have a lot of friends. It's a sure sign that they don't really know anyone.

No te fíes del que se fía de todos

We can even believe that we don't believe in anything, which is the greatest credulity of them all.

Niente è giusto. Al massimo si può sperare che sia logico. E' questo che succede diventando grandi? Si smette di credere nelle cose, come lei? No. Via via che si invecchia, la maggior parte della gente continua a credere a sciocchezze generalmente sempre più grandi. Io vado controcorrente perchè mi piace girarmi i pollici.

Never trust he who trusts everyone," Barceló added.

Cuando todo el mundo se empeña en pintar a alguien como un monstruo, una de dos: o era un santo o se están callando de la misa la media.

Nikad nikome nemoj vjerovati, Daniele, posebice ne onima kojima se diviš. Oni ?e ti prvi zabiti nož u le?a.

Ich bin nie ein frommer Mensch gewesen. Ich zweifle eher, als dass ich glaube oder nicht glaube. Mein Glaube ist der Zweifel.