Quotes About Skepticism

Nadie confía en nadie, todo el mundo espera alguna bajeza del prójimo.

He had no faith in money, but he'd nervously squirrel it away. Contrary to what is commonly believed, all murderers are men of extreme faith rather than unbelievers.

If the other fellow can't tell you his story, you can never be sure he isn't trying to kill you.

Asking a man if he could be trusted was like asking an unwed girl if she was a virgin. The question mattered, but the asking of it was gross insult.

I am a disbeliever in the unbelievable.

Ulysses was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.

What was that education? Question everything, but keep your word. Doubt everything, but never give others a reason to doubt you.

And Americans always think international laws are for other people anyway

Só descredo no incrível." I only disbelieve the unbelievable.

A liar sees lies," said Taleswapper. "Even when they aren't there. Just as a hypocrite sees hypocrites whenever he runs across good people. Can't stand to think that anyone might really be what you only pretend to be.

Verily joined in. "My father always said that government is like watching another man piss in your boot. Someone feels better but it certainly isn't you.

but Ender knew that lies could not last long in America. So he believed.

O Sehnor e descrente?' You're an unbeliever? 'So descredo no increivel.' I only disbelieve the unbelievable.

Even if that's just bullshit, sir, it's first-rate bullshit.

If good people weren't so trusting of bad ones, the human race would have died out long ago—most women never would have let most men near them.

And I never believe a man who says he never lies. A man always assumes that others are as virtuous as himself, said Taleswapper.

He disliked nearly all women and especially the young and pretty ones who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party the swallowers of slogans the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Everything popular is wrong.

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.

As for believing things, I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things – is that not a sage indeed?