Quotes About Skepticism

It's not only the British voters who have doubts about European cooperation. There is skepticism in many other E.U. countries.

Rubio's supporters must believe rank-and-file Republican voters are really stupid - or so desperate they can be persuaded that up is down, a leopard can change its spots, and a dozen bilingual unicorns will lead off Rubio's inaugural parade.

I was always a little skeptical of how voters would react to my name.

Like every other self-respecting academic, I'm distrustful of self-help books.

I can't really stand self-help stuff myself.

We assume people we know can't be serial killers.

If you really believe that every three years the market will double, then go and buy shares. I don't believe that.

I've never particularly liked bankers.

I read almost no romantic fiction, in part because I barely believe in romance in the age of Tinder.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Just because people say things, they're supposed to be true?

It's not that I think every late 19th-century man with a beard who saw something shimmering in front of him was actually seeing his dead aunty. What I'm saying is: lighten up. This isn't weird stuff. It's interesting.

Advertising is a nebulous beast at the best of times.

People aren't suckers. Some are, perhaps. But most people inside know when we're being lied to.

In 'Letters from Iwo Jima,' there were times when I told Eastwood, 'This is just not believable.'

The thing about astroturfing is that it can be really believable.

I'm no longer a believer in politicians endorsing other politicians.

He who knows all things and believes nothing is damned.

Nobody really believes in equality anyway.

I know that for most people, seeing is believing when it comes to government efficiency.

Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only own one encyclopedia.

BERTRAND RUSSELL, WHY I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN, AND OTHER ESSAYS ON RELIGION AND RELATED SUBJECTS

Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize.

paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize.