Quotes About Skepticism

All guys are scared of each other, didn't you know that? I'm not the only one. We're all born afraid.

Don't fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you.

Don't trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts. -Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes

One usually thinks people to be more dangerous than they are.

Always suspect everybody. That's the maxim to go through life with!

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand.

Don't trust ANYONE. Simply trust YOURSELF.

I don't put my faith or trust in anyone anymore. After a while you just get tired of being disappointed constantly.

Why is it that if someone tells you that there are one billion stars in the universe, you will believe them, but if they tell you that a wall has wet paint, you will have to touch it to be sure?

I don't trust anyone and I don't expect anyone to trust me either. It's more comfortable when its mutual.

I love not being trusted, especially when the one who isn't trusting you is doing the untrustworthy things.

Every time I trust someone, they show me why I shouldn't.

You should trust people by their actions, not by what is spoken out of them. Because, a person may have a heart of gold, but then again...so does an egg.

in spite of having witnessed the birth of the telephone they decline to believe in the aeroplane.

Y, desde luego, eso no quiere decir que, cuando el Sr.Legranin echaba pestes contra los esnobs, no fuese sincero. No podía saber, al menos por sí mismo, que él sí lo era, pues nunca conocemos sino las pasiones de los demás y lo que llegamos a saber de las nuestras sólo a ellos se lo debemos

At a time when I believed what people told me, I should have been tempted to believe Germany, then Bulgaria, then Greece when they proclaimed their pacific intentions. But since my life with Albertine and with Françoise had accustomed me to suspect those motives they did not express, I did not allow any word, however right in appearance of William II, Ferdinand of Bulgaria or Constantine of Greece to deceive my instinct which divined what each one of them was plotting.

Wie weet, flitste 't door mijn brein, of mensen, zo gemoedloos als ik, niet altoos de gewaarwording hebben, dat elke gevoelsuiting van anderen een aanstellerij of een overdrijving is. Ja, misschien acht iedereen zijn evenmens, die hij niet begrijpt en dus niet natuurlijk kan vinden, min of meer een acteur.

It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Besides, it's possible he's not guilty." I laughed so hard I had to put down my fries. I

But I have a deep and abiding aversion to financial investments of any kind. It's not based on anything as intelligent as research or experience. It's just that I don't trust anyone. To me, giving someone else money to invest is just an invitation to rip me off. Not a particularly sophisticated attitude, but I am who I am.

Porque así es la gente, desgraciadamente. No se tragan entre ellos, pero para poner en solfa al otro estaban todos de acuerdo, y tan amistosamente, que parecían hermanos.

I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed

Just as we did with used cars, take a moment to brainstorm every single reason (fear, worry, question, concern) as to why someone would not buy from your company. What would hold them back? What would keep them from clicking "buy," swiping their credit card, or writing that big check?