My parents were skeptical about me becoming a footballer and encouraged me to study. — Carles Puyol Copy Share Image
Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of. — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“being skeptical is a good thing for a journalist, because it means you don't completely trust anyone.” — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
I'm fairly skeptical of movements, organizations, and institutions in general. — Jeff Vandermeer Copy Share Image
We should be very skeptical of people who want to place limits on how we express ourselves. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“I told myself that, too. It turned out myself was a skeptical bitch and didn’t believe me.” — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
People are skeptical of many televangelists, and I'm sensitive to that. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The great, the fundamental need of any nation, any race, is for heroism, devotion, sacrifice; and there cannot be heroism, devotion, or… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
I'm pretty skeptical about a lot of the toys on the market, especially for young kids. Most of them just add these… — Mitchel Resnick Copy Share Image
When it comes to being visionary in stealing, the Republicans do better than anybody. It's really something to see. — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“People will say,"there's heaven and hell", and they take it so serious that they look so sorrowful with penitence. I would rather… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
“As skeptical as I was about the reincarnation hypothesis, part of me wanted it to be true. If the people we loved… — Lisa Manterfield Copy Share Image
Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
In the midst of my skeptical, cynical, often pessimistic nature exists a slender capacity to believe, if only temporarily, in a guiding,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“...that kind of skeptical questioning, don't accept what authority tells you -attitude of science- is also nearly identical to the attitude of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The best way to stay away from They is really simple. Stay with the people who have some passion. Stay with the… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Ever since Sir Isaac Newton's times, scientists have worked in the same sort of way: They show a great respect for experiment… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
I was always amused that people were either skeptical or surprised that I would choose a Hillary Clinton as a secretary of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Questioning our own motives, and our own process, is critical to a skeptical and scientific outlook. We must realize that the default… — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most important reason to be skeptical of government inflation numbers is that the government, like a fox campaigning to guard… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“When it comes to our embedded beliefs, our relative intolerance to ambiguous and contrary information leads us in many instances to ignore… — Brian Goedken Copy Share Image
“The major religions on the Earth contradict each other left and right. You can't all be correct. And what if all of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
But mostly, I remembered what I’ve always believed. What my mom taught me. That while some things are just plain awful, most… — Katherine Applegate Copy Share Image
“It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. You become a crotchety old person convinced that… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Machines have given us a new ability to count and make our understanding quantitative. The Web connects news gatherers with audiences in… — Tom Rosenstiel Copy Share Image
“You sound skeptical," kohler said. "I thought you were a religious symbologist. Do you not believe in miracles?" "I'm undecided on miracles,"… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Most women who are harassed don't come forward, they don't complain because they're skeptical of the process, or they don't think anything… — Anita Hill Copy Share Image
