You cannot knock a man down who will not stand up, nor…

A skeptic as to all ideas, including especially my own, I have never suffered a pang when the ideas of some other imbecile prevailed.

— H. L. Mencken

[This approach] displays the characteristic philosophical lust to vanquish the skeptic by arguing him out of his skepticism, without appeal to moral and political…

— Dale Jamieson

“Don’t believe the skeptics. Rather, be skeptical of their skepticism.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

Science is the search for truth.

— Linus Pauling

“Skeptics always want miracles such as stepping down from the Cross, but never the greater miracle of forgiveness.”

— Fulton J. Sheen

To deny, to believe, and to doubt well, are to a man what the race is to a horse.

— Blaise Pascal

It is assumed that the skeptic has no bias; whereas he has a very obvious bias in favour of skepticism.

— Anonymous

In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

— Michael Shermer

If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you.

— Carl Sagan

Advances are Made by Answering Questions. Discoveries are Made by Questioning Answers.

— Bernard Haisch

Latter-day scepticism is fond of calling itself progressive; but scepticism is really reactionary. Scepticism goes back; it attempts to unsettle what has already been…

— Anonymous

“[n regard to Jesus believing himself inspired] This belief carried no more personal imputation than the belief of Socrates that he was under the…

— Thomas Jefferson

If you are going to go to a medium, go to a medium as a skeptic... and this is a medium telling you this!…

— Tyler Henry

“Skeptics are always marked by their total lack of skepticism towards whatever position they are defending.”

— Steve Madison

When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all…

— Thucydides