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Quotes About Skepticism

Nobody loves me but mama, and she may be jivin too.
~ B.B. King
There's a saying, " Aeneas said: "Keep an eye on Greeks when they offer gifts." He spoke wryly. "Horses, particularly.
~ Ursula K. Le Guin, Lavinia
I've nothing against people. Just a***oles. But then, most people are.
~ Fakeer Ishavardas
You spoke to Nicodemus?' Vivian asked.[Francesca] 'We did.'V: 'And he trusts you?'F: 'As much as one might after a first impression involving hatchets.
~ Blake Charlton, Spellbound
One of these days, I would doubt the Gardeners a little too much and Zach was going to play handball with my head.
~ Aron Christensen, Whisperworld
I will call bullshit on that so many times that the word bullshit will lose all meaning. -Milo
~ Cora Carmack, Faking It
He had spoken with such absolute confidence that I knew he had to be blowing this out of his rectal orifice.
~ Neal Stephenson, Anathem
They say curiosity killed the cat but I am unconcerned. I am smarter, though slightly less evil, than any cat.
~ Eliza Crewe
The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bull shit.
~ Richard Pryor
He's got more red flags than Soviet Russia.
~ Kresley Cole, The Player
New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!
~ Arthur C. Clarke
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.
~ Edward Abbey
The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
~ Walter Gilbert
In the word of no master am I bound to believe.
~ Horace
If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.
~ Mark Twain
I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.
~ James A. Baldwin
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
As soon as anyone starts telling you to be "realistic," cross that person off your invitation list.
~ John Eliot
America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked.
~ David Letterman
A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.
~ Franz Kafka
Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.
~ Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Reductionism is merciless.
~ Douglas Hofstadter
When we listen to the radio, look at television and read the newspapers we wonder whether universal education has been the great boon that its supporters have always claimed it would be.
~ Robert M. Hutchins