Skeptical Quotes · Page 3

Great intellects are skeptical.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“I do not APPRECIATE your skeptical tone,”

— Tui T. Sutherland

History is the same thing over and over again.

— Woody Allen

Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.

— Bertrand Russell

If historians are not skeptical, they are nothing.

— Geoffrey Elton

I'm always a little skeptical when I hear people promoting a film and they say it has something for everyone.

— Rachelle Lefevre

While I love the medium, I've always been skeptical about the value of blogs as businesses,

— Nick Denton

I was skeptical about the whole idea of my being in a film.

— Sixto Rodriguez

In a post-Christian, skeptical age, love on display is the most convincing apologetic.

— Anonymous

People do tend to be extremely skeptical, especially of YouTubers - and rightly so.

— Lindsay Ellis

I must say I'm surprised by how skeptical of the [Barack] Obama administration The Nation has been.

— Edward Snowden

I saw the 'Balls of Fury' script, and I was skeptical at first.

— Dan Fogler

“If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.”

— Anatole France

Initially, I was very skeptical about getting involved because I, much like many Americans, had preconceived notions about Stormy Daniels and her…

— Michael Avenatti

Because Social Security has not contributed to our debt, Americans should be skeptical of any politician who says that benefits Americans have…

— Hank Johnson

I don't think people are skeptical. I think people appreciate the authenticity, actually. I think people are looking for authentic leaders these…

— Mark T Bertolini

The text [The Skeptical Environmentalist] employs the strategy of those who, for example, argue ...that Jews weren't singled out by the Nazis…

— Stuart L. Pimm

“tried to keep my cool. I tried to remain skeptical. I reminded myself that I was a man of science, even if…

— Ernest Cline

If prices go down, we will have problems - problems in the sense of spillover to other areas, Greenspan said. While he…

— Alan Greenspan

I'm a little skeptical about using the Constitution this way, but I also believe marriage is between a man and a woman…

— Pete Coors

I'm not saying that George W. Bush did everything right. But even if you take a skeptical view of his Iraq war,…

— Garry Kasparov

I don't need a receipt for a doughnut. I'll just give you the money, and you give me the doughnut. End of…

— Mitch Hedberg

Popular as Keynesian fiscal policy may be, many economists are skeptical that it works. They argue that fine-tuning the economy is a…

— James Surowiecki

President Bush said yesterday that it was appropriate for the White House to invoke Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's religion in making…

— Peter Baker

Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical…

— Dalai Lama

I think one reason is that philosophers are more insecure to speak accessibly because non-philosophers are skeptical that philosophers have any special…

— Rebecca Goldstein

I do worry about the press and a President Trump. You know, I think it's dangerous the entire de-legitimization that he's engaged…

— Megyn Kelly

It's not wrong to be skeptical. I was one who participated in the debate on Iraq and voted against the resolution because…

— Jack Reed

You arrive at Formula One being very skeptical, how far can your talent deal with all this, and then you understand those…

— Michael Schumacher

I think Hillary Clinton is more suspicious, clearly tougher on Russian policy in Ukraine, Georgia, Syria; more willing to support sanctions; not…

— Richard N. Haass

Think for yourself, and believe in yourself. Keep your skeptical antennae tuned in and in good working order at all times. We…

— Dennis McKenna

One would wonder to hear skeptical men disputing for the reason of animals, and telling us it is only our pride and…

— Joseph Addison

“... There is a publication classification in an upper corner. It reads Religion. I'm immediately skeptical because I've always group books such…

— James Frey

Doubt is my boon companion, the faithful St. Bernard ever at my side. Whether writing essays or just going about daily life,…

— Phillip Lopate

“Science’s skeptical core makes it a poor competitor for human hearts and minds, which recoil from its ongoing controversies and prefer the…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

It is this idea 'decency' should be attached to wealth -and 'indecency'' to poverty - that forms the core of one strand…

— Alain de Botton

At the age of twelve I had an attitude toward life that was to endure, that was to make me seek those…

— Richard Wright

Philosophers are smart, analytical, and skeptical. For these reasons they are relatively unbiased.

— Dale Jamieson

Oh, a passing, skeptical kind of interest. I'm a hammer-and-nails kind of guy.

— Nick Cave

Doubt is an element of criticism, and the tendency of criticism is necessarily skeptical.

— Benjamin Disraeli