Quotes About Skepticism

A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their caparisons of title, wealth, and place, he considers but as harness.

No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.

The curse of man, and the cause of nearly all his woe, is his stupendous capacity for believing the incredible.

Wasn't he the one who said you shouldn't trust anybody who calls himself an ordinar man? - Naoko

Nothing is unimportant to a man plunged in despair. He is as credulous as a criminal sentenced to death who listens to a lunatic raving to him about how he can escape through the keyhole.

Let nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences.

Give me an honest con man any day.

A critic is a man who expects miracles.

A man who never trusts himself never trusts anyone.

The law against witches does not prove there be any; but it punishes the malice of those people that use such means to take away men's lives.

If you sent me to cover a pie-baking contest on Mother's Day, I'm going to ask dear old Mom why she used artificial sweetener or stole the apples!

Some are skeptical. My mom thought the guitar was going to fizzle out in two weeks, that it was just a fad-and that was in 1958.

Calvin is hammering nails into coffee table. Mom: CALVIN WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE COFFEE TABLE?!? Calvin: Is this some sort of trick question, or what?

Never eat in a place called 'Mom's'.

I prefer a thief to a Congressman. A thief will take your money and be on his way, but a Congressman will stand there and bore you with the reasons why he took it.

I'm not stingy. I'm just afraid of being an easy mark. People wouldn't have money long if they didn't ask how much things cost.

Another bad thing about "prosperity" is that you can't jingle any money without being under suspicion

It worried me when Britney snogged Madonna. It looked a bit fake. It screamed 'We're in this for the money'.

Yeah, I tell them to change the channel if they see some guy in a brown suit with a telephone number at the bottom of the screen asking for money.

That's the worst thing about money - the moment you have some you begin to suspect everyone of trying to take it away from you. And usually they are.

If they ask you to sign a contract up front or for money, that's usually a bad sign.

A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black people in poor countries to put into Swiss bank accounts.

He had never been a social man. He had shunned causes with contempt and disgust. They were for pig-simple suckers and people with too much time and money on their hands

Smartass Disciple: Master, can you trust this bank to keep your money safe?Master of Stupidity: Well, I can put a bit less distrust on this bank than others.