Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow. — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Everybody's part of the greater whole and skepticism and virtue are a part of that. — Marc Webb Copy Share Image
A reflection of good science is that a step forward opens up a lot more questions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism. — George Jean Nathan Copy Share Image
I've had a couple along the way, including an NBA official, who admitted to a little bit of skepticism when they first… — Doris Burke Copy Share Image
Neither acquiescence in skepticism nor acquiescence in dogma is what education should produce. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. — Robert K. Merton Copy Share Image
“To point out nonepistemic motives in another’s view of the world, therefore, is always a criticism, as it serves to cast doubt… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Every race man and woman should cast aside their skepticism regarding the Negro's ability as a motion picture star. — Oscar Micheaux Copy Share Image
There is a very important distinction between a critical attitude of mind (or critical faculty) and a sceptical attitude. — William Beveridge Copy Share Image
When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
I believe there is no source of deception in the investigation of nature which can compare with a fixed belief that certain… — William James Copy Share Image
We assume a common sense as the necessary condition of the universal communicability of our knowledge, which is presupposed in every logic… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“Questioning our own motives, and our own process, is critical to a skeptical and scientific outlook. We must realize that the default… — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The implication was that if you had any skepticism whatsoever, you were anti-science. I think there's a difference between having skepticism about… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
General scepticism is the live mental attitude of refusing to conclude. It is a permanent torpor of the will, renewing itself in… — William James Copy Share Image
I just feel that if I'm English and writing about an American president, I have got to have someone on my side… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
... skepticism about past returns is crucial. The truth is, much as you may wish you could know which funds will be… — Bethany McLean Copy Share Image
The skepticism that has grown up about elites is totally justified. Since 2008, no one has gone to jail on Wall Street… — Katty Kay Copy Share Image
“Suppose that a great commotion arises in the street about something, let us say a lamp-post, which many influential persons desire to… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. You become a crotchety old person convinced that… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
If mankind is to profit freely from the small and sporadic crop of the heroically gifted it produces, it will have to… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
“I believe the experiences reported in this book are reproducible by anyone who wishes to try. I went to Africa. You can… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“The major religions on the Earth contradict each other left and right. You can't all be correct. And what if all of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Why do we not accept ESP as a psychological fact? Rhine has offered enough evidence to have convinced us on almost any… — Donald Hebb Copy Share Image
Skepticism is unbelief in cause and effect. A man does not see, that, as he eats, so he thinks: as he deals,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson 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
