Skeptical Quotes · Page 4

“Be skeptical about this one. It's a great book. But try to be a filter, not a sponge.”

— Stephen Chbosky

I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.

— Dan Brown

Because a truly skeptical position would be a very uncertain one.

— Rupert Sheldrake

It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.

— Naguib Mahfouz

I'm sarcastic, skeptical, and sometimes callous because I'm still afraid, deep down, of letting myself be hurt.

— Sylvia Plath

For any CEO that is skeptical at all: you have to create a social enterprise today!

— Angela Ahrendts

Me, I was already jaded and tarnished, skeptical that a fantasy world could keep reality at bay.

— Jodi Picoult

Honesty may not be the best policy, but it is worth trying once in a while.

— Richard M. Nixon

“It won’t surprise you to hear that I’m a skeptical person. I don’t even believe half the garbage that tumbles from my…

— Aaron Starmer

The skeptical community is absolutely near and dear to the 'Mythbusters' heart and there's no small reason that they've embraced us. That's…

— Adam Savage

There’s something really powerful about groups and shared experiences. People might be skeptical about their ability to change if they’re by themselves,…

— Charles Duhigg

Human beings, thanks to culture and genetics, are inclined to be pessimistic, fearful, skeptical and believers in conspiracy theories. We also don't…

— Seth Godin

I'm skeptical of claims that we've been visited by aliens from another planet or other dimension, but I don't rule it out…

— Leroy Chiao

The one thing that you can say about the new Cabinet Donald Trump is putting together. That seems to be one of…

— Geoff Dyer

“If I can't even accurately judge the people closest to me, then I can't trust anyone. Ever. I hate them for taking…

— Colleen Hoover

I regard myself as a religious... the temper of my mind as religious, and because I regard the temper of my mind…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

People would be a lot more skeptical if they understood that there is an incredible amount of chance in the results that…

— Eugene Fama

It was so enticing from the beginning to be this woman who was entrenched in The Flash's world. She's not there to…

— Danielle Panabaker

So perhaps the most worrying single remark made by a responsible banking official during the current crisis came from Jochen Sanio, the…

— Martin Walker

Anyone working for a big company might be skeptical that a large business, or even a strictly online business, can form the…

— Gary Vaynerchuk

I have always been skeptical of medical orthodoxies, because sooner, rather than later, so many of them are turned on their heads.…

— Mordecai Richler

I'm very skeptical of the amount of money that goes into military expenditure, not just in the poor countries [but] also in…

— Amartya Sen

I was a terrible believer in things,but I was also a terrible nonbeliever in things. I was as searching as I was…

— Cheryl Strayed

If we're not vigilant foreign countries can have an impact on the political debate in the United States in ways that might…

— Barack Obama

Everyone is going to be skeptical if they don't know what is happening.

— Bozoma Saint John

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

— Bernard Haisch

You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting.

— Robert A. Heinlein

One, I am skeptical of the effectiveness of nutritional supplements.

— Michael Shermer

Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical.

— T.I

I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.

— Jack Vance

An educated mind is practiced in the uses of reason, which inevitably leads to a skeptical outlook.

— Neil Postman

It's easier to be skeptical because it's easier to understand that every human lives in their own world.

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

Dan Rather is guilty of not being skeptical enough about a story that was politically loaded.

— Bill O'Reilly

Economics was the only profession where a person could be considered an expert without having once been right.

— George Meany

I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as…

— Alfred Nobel

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

— Carl Sagan

People are always alert to any change and skeptical by nature.

— Jared Kushner

I'm having a hard time finding a date. I don't trust any women I meet. I'm very skeptical.

— Alex Rodriguez

I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.

— Jeff Bezos

I wasn't part of any sixties movement. I'm skeptical of movements. I'm part of the times that I'm in.

— Ishmael Reed