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James Randi Quotes: Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.
         

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.


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Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance at life you will ever get.

Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance at life you will ever get.



Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.

Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.



Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.



No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.

No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.



There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.



Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.

Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.



No amount of belief makes something a fact.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.



The only difference is that religion is much better organized and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.

The only difference is that religion is much better organized and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.



We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.

We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.



People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.

People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.





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Europe's the mayonnaise all right, but America supplies the good old lobster.



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I think if you want good things to happen for a country like Haiti, then you need to provide the circumstances where the Haitians can do that.



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