Skepticism's bad rap arises from the impression that, however necessary the activity, it can only be regarded as a negative removal of… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Now I have no doubt that Mitt Romney was worried about pink slips - whether he was going to have enough of… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
It wasn't in the states best interest to let the jury know, they said it would raise doubt that John Gacy acted… — John Wayne Gacy Copy Share Image
I have never been convinced throughout my life that one needs to be imitating others. I even tell my daughters not to… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
I was not a good doctor, my studies had been too rapid, my hospital training too short, but there is not the… — Axel Munthe Copy Share Image
“It is a positive starting point for philosophy when Aristotle says that philosophy begins with wonder, not as in our day with… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Every man hath the right to doubt his task, and to forsake it from time to time; but what he must not… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Every time we do wrong, every time we depart from the truth, every time we commit a dishonest, unworthy act, do a… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
Doubt is a powerful tool. Doubt challenges my beliefs and breaks the spell of all the lies and superstitions that control my… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
There are some good things and some fantastic ones in Auden's early attitude; if the reader calls it a muddle I shall… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
I always joke about letting the haters motivate you. Everybody has that in their life, people who doubt them or make them… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
“Philo of Larisa, head of the Academy in Athens…inspired Cicero with a passion for philosophy, and in particular for the theories of… — Anthony Everitt Copy Share Image
I don't think I realized what was going to be the hardest part of becaming an artist until I dove off the… — Lisa Marie Presley Copy Share Image
It would no doubt be very sentimental to argue - but I would argue it nevertheless - that the peculiar combination of… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
The liberation of the human mind has never been furthered by dunderheads; it has been furthered by gay fellows who heaved dead… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
They believe that if they do get published, a wonderful new life is in store. It will turn out that deep down… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We are raising a generation on the spiritual junk food of religious videos, movies, youth entertainment, and comic book paraphrases of the… — Dave Hunt Copy Share Image
Practically, every defense lawyer knows that the jury desperately wants to hear from the defendant and that the only reason not to… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Philosophy gets on my nerves. If we analyze the ultimate ground of everything, then everything finally falls into nothingness. But I have… — Ludwig Boltzmann Copy Share Image
Without doubt God is the universal moving force, but each being is moved according to the nature that God has given it.… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
“I commend you on your skepticism, but even the skeptical mind must be prepared to accept the unacceptable when there is no… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Every word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights. Since I was born,… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
“Fear is a liar and a good one at that, Fear feeds on self doubt and insecurities both internal and external. Know… — Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army Copy Share Image
Wise or unwise, who doubts for a moment that contentment is the cause of happiness? Yet the inverse is true: we are… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
I was beginning to understand something about normality. Normality wasn't normal. It couldn't be. If normality were normal, everybody could leave it… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
A science only advances with certainty, when the plan of inquiry and the object of our researches have been clearly defined; otherwise… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
I went to stand-up when my rock n' roll dreams weren't coming true. I knew it wasn't going to happen when I… — Greg Behrendt Copy Share Image
“To begin with rationality in opinion: I should define it merely as the habit of taking account of all relevant evidence in… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
“It is as if a man should hesitate indefinitely to ask a certain woman to marry him because he was not perfectly… — William James Copy Share Image
Writing itself is a dream. There are days of self doubt and deadlines and wondering how you're going to pay the bills… — Graham Brown Copy Share Image
Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command … but … attempts … to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
All politicians are going to mask to some degree in order to present themselves in away they think will get them votes.… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
The role of government has never been to plan every detail or dictate every outcome. At its best, government has simply knocked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the absence of a second front in Europe considerably relieves the position of the German Army, nor… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
“evangelism of children nonetheless seeks to cut off the process of independent thought before it begins. It’s this aspect of religious indoctrination… — Dale McGowan Copy Share Image
“Having conceived of a purpose, a maston should mentally mark out a straight pathway to achievement, looking neither to the right nor… — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
Like riding a bike for the first time, sometimes you just have to go for it. If you keep looking forwards and… — Roz Savage Copy Share Image
To the government, terrorism committed by people who happen to be Muslim is not in any way a reflection of legitimate interpretation… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Lord, protect our decisions, because making Decision is a way of praying. Give us the courage after our doubts, to be able… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
