Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely… — H. L. Mencken 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
When I say be skeptical of everything I mean it. Just because someone was elected to do a job doesn't mean that… — Bob Kerrey Copy Share Image
I am profoundly skeptical about our abilities to predict the future in general, and human behavior in particular. — Errol Morris 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
unlike other countries, we're not skeptical at all when it comes to EU expansion. In fact, we are in favor of admitting… — Lech Kaczynski Copy Share Image
Market bashers ... might understand the claim that in some particular field, markets required no intervention--though they'd be skeptical--but the notion that,… — Julian Sanchez Copy Share Image
The revival of consumers saving their money for retirement - rather than expecting their homes to provide the cushion - added with… — David I. Rozenberg Copy Share Image
It is this idea 'decency' should be attached to wealth -and 'indecency'' to poverty - that forms the core of one strand… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
People are starting to be very skeptical of the Facebook algorithm and all kinds of data surveillance. — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
Marrying the right girl is even more imperative today than it was when I was 23 years old because it's so much… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
In trying to develop an impartial, expansive ethic we are trying to get ethical systems to do something which they did not… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
I write stories about conspiracies and paranoid characters while I am, in fact, a very skeptical person. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is… — Malcolm Wallop Copy Share Image
There are also fundamental issues related to what the current leader, President [Barack] Obama, said. I am referring to his idea about… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We are critical and skeptical. But when we are absorbed in a story, we drop our intellectual guard. — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
I should have voted for the first Iraq war. George Bush did that one very well. I had been skeptical. I was… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
AIDS is big business, maybe Africa's biggest business. There's nothing else that can generate as much aid money as shocking figures on… — James Shikwati Copy Share Image
An ideology can provide a satisfying narrative that explains chaotic events and collective misfortunes in a way that flatters the virtue and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Many small towns I know in Maine are as tight-knit and interdependent as those I associate with rural communities in India or… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion. — Ben Casnocha Copy Share Image
We made satires of everything - news broadcasts and TV shows that we watched. When I look at them now, they are… — Lev Yilmaz Copy Share Image
I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I reluctantly concluded that there was no way for me to help bring into being the Muslim culture I'd dreamed of, the… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
