Quotes About Skepticism

A poca gente quiero de verdad, y de muy pocos tengo buen concepto. Cuanto más conozco el mundo, más me desagrada, y el tiempo me confirma mi creencia en la inconsistencia del carácter humano y en lo poco que se puede uno fiar de las apariencias de bondad o inteligencia.

I will not allow books to prove any thing. But how shall we prove any thing? We never shall.

Sono poche le persone che io amo per davvero e ancora meno quelle delle quali io penso bene. Più conosco il mondo, più ne sono disgustata; e ogni giorno conferma la mia convinzione dell'incoerenza del carattere umano, e della poca fiducia che possiamo riporre in tutto ciò che può apparire merito o intelligenza.

How hard it is in some cases to be believed!' 'And how impossible in others!

Where the mind is perhaps rather unwilling to be convinced, it will always find something to support its doubts.

La scarsa fiducia che ha nel proprio giudizio gli aveva impedito di ritenere vera una cosa tanto importante per lui, ma la grande fiducia che ha nel mio ha reso tutto più facile

She always declares she will never marry, which, of course, means just nothing at all.

São poucas as pessoas de quem eu gosto realmente e mais restrito ainda o número daquelas de quem eu faço um bom juízo. Quanto mais conheço o mundo, maior é o meu descontentamento por ele; e cada dia confirma a minha crença na inconsistência de todos os caracteres humanos e na pouca confiança susceptível de ser depositada na aparência quer do mérito como do bom senso.

How hard it is in some cases to be believed! And how impossible in others!

Sono poche le persone che amo veramente e ancora meno quelle di cui penso bene. Più conosco il mondo, più ne sono scontenta; ogni giorno conferma la mia opinione sull'incoerenza degli essere umani e sull'impossibilità di fare affidamento su ciò che sembra meritevole o sensato. ...

she would have been glad to be equally satisfied that her daughter had meant to encourage him by protesting against his proposals, but she dared not believe it, and could not help saying so.

and yet, it was not in her nature to question the veracity of a young man of such amiable appearance as Wickham.

Može li iko upoznati ne?iju narav u Batu, ili na kojem drugom javnom mestu... Sve je to ništavno; ne može se tako ništa znati. Samo kada ?ovek vidi ženu u njenom domu, me?u njenim prijateljima, onakvu kakva je uvek. Tek onda može da stekne ispravno mišljenje. Sve drugo je sre?a i naga?anje - a ?esto se ispostavi da je zla sre?a.

Cuando la mente no quiere convencerse, siempre encontrará algo en qué sustentar sus dudas.

Son muy pocas las personas a las que quiero de verdad, y de pocos tengo buen concepto. Cuanto más conozco el mundo, menos me gusta; y cada día estoy más convencida de la inconstancia del carácter humano, y de lo poco fiable que es la apariencia de valía o de buen juicio.

Como no la adulaban ni a ella ni a sus niños, no podía creer que fueran de buen natural; y como eran aficionadas a la lectura, las imaginaba satíricas: quizá no sabía exactamente qué era ser satírico, pero eso carecía de importancia. En el lenguaje común implicaba una censura, y la aplicaba sin mayor cuidado.

You have to trust your own abilities, and not doubt them because someone else does. If we do carry out our present plans, you'll have to hold your own sense of integrity in the face of skepticism

Both the bride and the groom have the privilege of at least fifteen minutes in which to contemplate what a sick, sick, fucking, Christ-awful thing getting married is. That's what the book says — or words to that effect.

He squinted at me. What are you wearing? Is that some new form of birth control?

That's one of the things I like about Mary Lou. She's willing to believe the worst about anyone.

This is part of the problem with the world today," Diesel said. "People don't believe in the mystical.

Here's the thing," Riley said. "I'm not really into diabolical possibilities. I'm more into logical explanations.

You're so logical," Glo said. "I would be exhausted if I had to think up all these explanations. It's so much easier to believe in magic.

Did they probe you yet?" Xandy asked Riley. "They always get around to probing you. That's what the other abductees tell me, anyway.