Quotes About Skepticism

And now that I have been scammed once, I felt like it could not happen to me again.

Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

The doubters said, "Man can not fly," The doers said, "Maybe, but we'll try," And finally soared In the morning glow While non-believers Watched from below.

To many Americans, everything from the Easter morning to the Ascension had to be made up by the groveling enthusiasts as part of their plan to get themselves martyred.

I fear the man who drinks water and so remembers this morning what the rest of us said last night

I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.

For most mothers, vaccinations become a matter of faith - faith in pharmaceutical companies, faith in public health officials - and I think there's been an erosion of faith.

Never trust a journalist unless she's your mother.

My mother says happy ever after's a bunch of bull.

Which means she to deceive, father or mother?

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

If I walked on water, my accusers would say it is because I can't swim.

Every one starts out being an atheist.

To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.

You can't fool me. There ain't no Sanity Clause!

There's no point in writing my kind of stuff, when they're printing that kind of stuff. So I gave up and started drinking.

The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?

Rock stars are idiots. You know that! Remember this moron never went to music school, never learned music theory and can't read or write music. So why not be suspicious of everything this idiot says?

Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical.

To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.

Anybody's true nature is bullshit. There is no human soul. Emotion is bullshit. Love is bullshit.

Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.

Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, skeptically of skepticism.

One can't be of an enquiring and experimental nature, and still be very sensible.