Quotes About Skepticism

There's a sucker born every minute.

A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.

The greatest humbug of all is the man who believes—or pretends to believe—that everything and everybody are humbugs.

Después de los cuarenta empezaba a desconfiar de la memoria, hasta de la mejor memoria, la de las buenas intenciones.

What kinda family she come from? There was something about her I don't like. It seems funny, the first time you meet her she comes to your empty house alone. These college girls, they all one step from the streets. (MARTY turns, gowning, to his mother) MARTY What are you talkin' about? She's a nice girl. THE MOTHER I don't like her. MARTY You don't like her? You only met her for two minutes.

You can only trust yourself... and barely that.

Nothing could be more vital than to be suspicious of the voice in my head.

Why is he being so nice? He is friendly--too friendly. No one is nice just for the sake of it these days, not unless he wants something.

Killy arched an eyebrow in disbelief. "Don't be thinkin' you can deceive this old man. I've been makin' a fool of myself over women since before you were born.

Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.

Today, the belief in progress, necessary for life in a Godless universe, can no longer be sustained, except, perhaps, in the Silicon Valley mansions of baby-faced millennials.

A vampire?" MacAullif said. There is no way I can do justice to the skepticism, sarcasm, and mistrust with which MacAullif managed to imbue the word. "That's right." "You want me to find a vampire?" "I'd be relieved if you could. I'm afraid he might be dead.

Don't trust anyone over 30.

Stop trying to trust people you already know you can't trust!

Someday, I'm going to meet some supernatural creature who tells me everything I should know up front and in a forthright manner - but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Americans in particular are oddly innocent in their faith that science holds explanations for everything.

Yes, sir," she said, clearly not believing him. He reminded himself that a man's word didn't count for much in this modern day.

It is difficult for a chicken to make an alliance with a fox--you never know when you'll be eaten for breakfast.

Her lips twisted. "I don't like you," she told me, but there was a lie in her voice, and she stopped talking, looking almost surprised.

He pushed his glasses up on his nose and gave me a sidelong look, the one that meant he was so sure you were wrong that he could just wait and let you find out for yourself the hard way.

Faith in our time can seem like signing on the dotted line of a prefab doctrine composed of absurdities.

really be suspicious.

I smell a rat.

The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.