Quotes About Skepticism

You can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living.

There were precious few people you could trust, so if you wanted to survive, you'd better always look out for Number One.

Selling bullshit to a guy who peddled it for a living was no easy task. – Dylan

She slanted him a wary look. "Are you just trying to make me feel good? If so, don't bother." "If I was trying to make you feel good, believe me, you wouldn't have to ask. You'd know.

You can trust me." "Trust you? I hardly know you." The protect sounded weak, despite the force with which she pushed it past her lips. "You really want me to believe you feel that way? Because I've been trying to convince myself that's how I feel about you, and it's not working. Not one damned bit.

What are you talking about, Sin? You don't want anyone to own you... Or your heart?' She laughed bitterly, and entered the Harrowgate. 'I don't have a heart for anyone to take.

What else would they be?" "No idea." Arik shrugged … "Aliens, mabye?" "Aliens." Thanatos's voice was flat, disbelieving. "Your scepticism is funny, coming from one of the Four fucking Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Regan wasn't even sure what to say. They wanted to give her baby a demon animal that ate people. A furry land shark. it was enough to make her want to hyperventilate.

Tayla's eyes narrowed into slits, as if she questioned Gem's motives. "I'm not sure I trust you." "I don't trust you either," Gem shot back. "So where does that leave us?" "It leaves you in what's called a family, girls," Wraith drawled. "Get over it.

Because only a fool believes everything they read or are told.

To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

Inner peace and a clear conscience can't always be trusted.

If you're preaching, I've already got religion. And if you're selling, I ain't buying--unless you've got binoculars. I could use some new binoculars.

I explained all this to the police, but they didn't seem too convinced.

You look skeptical," she said. "I was born skeptical." "You

She'd been played all along. Once again, the dumb blonde. "Marco

some men may be wired for optimism, others for doubt.

You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.

In her experience, it was those first sixty seconds, from the moment she flashed her P.I. license to the end of her pitch, that she was most likely to earn someone's cooperation. Older people were the easiest, if only because they were so often bored out of their minds that they welcomed any distraction. Men were curt, but they usually found the time, as long as she did the little-me, big-eye, big-chest thing. Women were more skeptical, because women spent their lives listening to bullshit.

When it came down to it, Sandy didn't have much use for words because so many of the ones he had heard over his life had been lies.

She has no use for women, which is why she has to make sure to befriend them.

She wonders if he is as exhausted by all the lying as she is.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.