I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you're reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
A state of skepticism and suspense may amuse a few inquisitive minds. But the practice of superstition is so congenial to the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and… — Laozi Copy Share Image
I'm looking at everything with a clear eye and an attitude of acceptance rather than skepticism. I realized, this isn't a career… — Jake Busey Copy Share Image
But once a culture develops sufficiently to become skeptical, the idea of censorship becomes less attractive. To suppress a book or a… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
But mark, madam, we live amongst riddles and mysteries--the most obvious things, which come in our way, have dark sides, which thequickest… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
“I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“You are clever man, friend John; you reason well, and your wit is bold; but you are too prejudiced. You do not… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
It has often been argued that absolute scepticism is self-contradictory; but this is a mistake: and even if it were not so,… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
“It is also worth noting that one can obtain a Ph.D. in any branch of science for no other purpose than to… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Infidelity and skepticism abound everywhere. In one form or another they are to be found in every rank and class of society.… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
I realize that idealism is out of sync with the cynicism of our age. Skepticism has come to be synonymous with sophistication,… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
“You know, my children,” Swamiji said, “skepticism is not always healthy. We all think we are individuals, protecting ourselves against attacks from… — Sattar Memon Copy Share Image
“I wanted to cast doubt on the step he was about to take, to help him see there are other ways to… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
“Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact” with extraterrestrials. I am invited to “ask them anything.” And so… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Exploratory research is really like working in a fog. You don't know where you're going. You're just groping. Then people learn about… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
“Books, by imparting a sense of continuity and context, can enlarge the imagination and enable one to weigh evidence, compare and contrast… — Kipling Buis Copy Share Image
No other book has been so chopped, knifed, sifted, scrutinized, and vilified. What book on philosophy or religion or psychology or belles… — Bernard Ramm Copy Share Image
“Self talk and self prayer: When you audible the first and correctly interpret, the white coats correct you in a nuthouse. When… — Brian Spellman Copy Share Image
Perfect Scepticismeis a disease incurable, and a thing rather to be pitied or laughed at, then seriously opposed. For when aman is… — Henry More Copy Share Image
Skepticism has become a virtue. Cynicism and demand for proof has become enlightened thought. Is it any wonder that humans now feel… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
The story of Ramakrishna is a story of religion in practice. His life enables us to see God face to face… In… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The desire for a strong faith is not the proof of a strong faith, rather the opposite. If one has it one… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Skepticism is like a microscope whose magnification is constantly increased: the sharp image that one begins with finally dissolves, because it is… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
A proclivity for science is embedded deeply within us, in all times, places, and cultures. It has been the means for our… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“I have found it an amusing strategy, when asked whether I am an atheist, to point out that the questioner is also… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The doctrine of the sacredness of the soul sounds vaguely uplifting, but in fact is highly malignant. It discounts life on earth… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I encourage active skepticism - when people are being skeptical because they're trying to identify the best course of action. They're trying… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Literary theory, especially, cast its lot with a spirit of ceaseless skepticism and incessant interrogation; modeling itself on Mephistopheles in Goethe’s Faust,… — Rita Felski Copy Share Image
Democrats have a long history of utilizing the threat of a potential Ebola outbreak to request massive federal funds while attacking Republicans… — Aaron Klein Copy Share Image
With so many contradictory renditions of the biblical text, the public has lost confidence that we can actually know what the Bible… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism… — Kathy Reichs Copy Share Image
Nearly all our powerful men in this age of the world are unbelievers; the best of them in doubt and misery; the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“I am an infidel today. I do not believe what has been served to me to believe. I am a doubter, a… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
When you realize that no one really knows what they are doing and that everyone is doing the best they can according… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I am not very sceptical, — a frame of mind which I believe to be injurious to the progress of science. A… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“The wrong approaches to faith and to skepticism are equally detrimental to the path. For the former declares its answers too soon… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The heart must be kept tender and pliable; otherwise agnosticism converts to skepticism. In such a case, the value of apologetics is… — Edward John Carnell Copy Share Image
“Good characters in fiction are the very devil. Not only because most authors have too little material to make them of, but… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
