Skepticism Quotes

Neither acquiescence in skepticism nor acquiescence in dogma is what education should produce.

Skepticism is the elegance of anxiety.

There's a very healthy tradition in America of skepticism of centralized power. If we ever lose the skepticism of centralized power, we'll lose the essence of the country.

Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.

I encourage active skepticism - when people are being skeptical because they're trying to identify the best course of action. They're trying to identify the next step for themselves or other people.

My skepticism is strong, but my curiosity is stronger.

Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand.

Atheism is the opium of the mathematicians. Atheism is the religion of Mathematics.

You could just as well say that an agnostic is a deeply religious person with at least a rudimentary knowledge of human fallibility.

Liberty a word without which all other words are vain.

I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Another source of fallacy is the vicious circle of illusions which consists on the one hand of believing what we see, and on the other in seeing what we believe.

With their backs to the sunrise they worship the night.

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

Campaign may invite a certain skepticism about democracy, but it will surely restore your faith in cinema verite.

Democrats have a long history of utilizing the threat of a potential Ebola outbreak to request massive federal funds while attacking Republicans for expressing skepticism over their funding schemes.

The city of truth cannot be built on the swampy ground of skepticism.

Every theory in medicine, if medicine is to remain healthy, must be beaten out on the anvil of skepticism. So do we weed out charlatanism.

You cannot knock a man down who will not stand up, nor argue with a skeptic.

What Reagan ushered in was a skepticism toward government solutions to every problem. I don't think that has changed

In that kind of environment, where there's so much skepticism about information that's coming in, we're gonna have to spend a lot more time thinking about how do we protect our democratic process.

Everywhere, except in theology, there has been a vigorous growth of skepticism about skepticism itself.

One could argue [Bob] Corker has been more supportive of [Donald] Trump's foreign policy skepticism of the establishment than anybody else.

The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our own.

Sanctions are a strong and agreed element of the West's response to Russia's aggression. It is puzzling to me that there is so much skepticism about the sanctions. I don't understand it.

One needs the invented, the spontaneous, the impromptu for ritual. Skepticism, that grain of salt, is inappropriate.

Sweet Skepticism of the Heart That knows and does not know And tosses like a Fleet of Balm Affronted by the snow.

What is desperately needed... is the skepticism and the sense of history that a liberal arts education provides.

Scepticismcan never be thoroughly applied, else life would come to a standstill.

The Americans are clever. They thoroughly understand things that have to do with money, war, death, sickness. And there is also a real tradition of skepticism in this country.

It's frightening that skepticism has to be a movement, because you're just arguing that reality is reality. What a waste of energy, in a way.

Indifference in religion is more fatal than skepticism. There is no pulse in indifference; skepticism may have warm blood.

Pardon me, but there’s someone on the phone who says they have a call for you.” There’s a call to tell me I have a call?” he asked with heavy skepticism.

[Intellectual courage is] the quality that allows one to believe in one's judgement in the face of disappointment and widespread skepticism. Intellectual courage is even rarer than physical courage.

Skepticism is provisional, even if it lasts a lifetime.

Setting skepticism aside, even briefly, can make for very interesting explorations. It is not necessary that we change any of our beliefs. It is necessary that we examine them.

Faeries and vampires were glittery now? Honestly.

I'm beginning to be skeptical of my own skepticism.

You have to do a show as honestly as you can. But you also can't afford skepticism, because it's preparing for failure, which is useless.

A person whose financial requirements are modest and whose curiosity, skepticism, and indifference to reputation are outsized is a person at risk of becoming a journalist.

Not in vain is Ireland pouring itself all over the earth. The Irish, with their glowing hearts and reverent credulity, are needed in this cold age of intellect and skepticism.

The hallmark of religion is to distrust claims made for mortal men. It is in ages of great religious faith that great skepticism can find expression.

The most outrageous lies that can be invented will find believers if a person only tells them with all his might.

Skepticism may undermine beliefs, but never belief.

Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from skepticism to activism.

This notion [skepticism] is more clearly understood by asking "What do I know?"

Realism is punishing. Probabilistic skepticism is worse.

I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.

The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.

It's only fashion that has said the pendulum has swung from extreme skepticism about extraterrestrial life to extreme credulity. The truth is somewhere in between.