Quotes About Skepticism

It can be actually quite cynical to go, 'Isn't it nice to be nice to people?'

This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have a different infomercial and people view it with a certain level of cynicism.

I don't give a damn about Hollywood.

While I am skeptical about the long term viability of one-party dominant political systems, I have great admiration for Deng Xiaopeng and the reforms he set China on after 1979.

People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to.

I think most people are aware of the garbage in the tabloids and don't give them a lot of credence.

I don't really read the tabloids, and you never know if what's being printed is true or not.

I just don't buy the tabloids.

I met someone in the West Indies who was not able to walk. I put my hands on him and he was able to get up. I know the tabloids will get excited by this so I try to play it down.

There's a tacit belief that actors shouldn't write books, they're sort of allowed to direct movies but there will be a lot of skepticism, and they shouldn't do artwork or music. There are these invisible roadblocks to gain entree to these areas for actors, and you kind of have to crash through those invisible barriers.

Do I believe in the devil? I don't believe in a figure with horns and a tail.

It is every American's right to question any big event, especially when it's seized on to take the basic liberties of Americans.

When you are rich, people try to take advantage of you.

I think I understand why baseball players today are a little standoffish, because the world has changed. You don't know who's trying to take advantage of you, what people really want.

It's true that people will take advantage of you in Nigeria, but this happens everywhere in the world.

Today more people believe in UFOs than believe that Social Security will take care of their retirement.

You can become quite blase, and also, I have no sense of home; I don't have roots. I've never had that feeling that someone else is going to take care of me, ever. I don't trust people.

As cynical as I can be, there's always a part of me that believes in love and the fairy tale.

I don't know what to think about magic and fairy tales.

I feel angry that I can't be hypnotized. I'm not putting it down, and I'm not saying that it doesn't exist. I have talked to a great many people who are very good at it, but so far nobody has ever been able to hypnotize me.

With the advent of cell phones, especially with the very small microphone that attach to the cell phone itself, it's getting harder and harder I find, to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone.

You can't believe the government - on anything. And you especially can't believe them when they're talking about important stuff.

The things that Billy Graham says, I really have no idea why he says them. He talks about things without really knowing all the facts. I just think there's something wrong with the man.

I think David Cameron is really not very passionate about the environment. He said all the right things. I don't think he's come through with anything that's tangible.