As long as we try to project from the relative and conditioned to the absolute and unconditioned, we shall keep the pendulum… — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
“I had hoped, as a broadcaster, to be merely ludicrous, but this is a hard world to be ludicrous in, with so… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“It seems all spirits need theatrics, eh? Even Christ himself requires incense and holy water. We're a skeptical people. We need convincing.” — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
Extreme skepticism and extreme gullibility are two equal ways of not having to think at all. And I don't think I'm the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I'm the most cynical person, and I know what that sounds like when you say, I don't drink and drive, and I… — Tracey Gold Copy Share Image
It seems certain, that though a man, in a flush of humour, after intense reflection on the many contradictions and imperfections of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The purpose of the Federalist Society was to bring together young people who had this skepticism about what they were being taught… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
“Some information is classified legitimately; as with military hardware, secrecy sometimes really is in the national interest. Further, military, political, and intelligence… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
For most of my life, I, like many Americans, had greeted the idea of an arranged marriage with a mixture of fascination… — Elizabeth Flock 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
“If I were to construct a God I would furnish Him with some way and qualities and characteristics which the Present lacks.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In European countries and some Asian countries I've been to, there's a lot less hesitation and skepticism when it comes to enjoying… — Andrew W.K 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
“. . . I don’t believe that celebrity spokeswomen get their hair colour from a box.” — Roberta Pearce Copy Share Image
What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
[This approach] displays the characteristic philosophical lust to vanquish the skeptic by arguing him out of his skepticism, without appeal to moral… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
The Holy Ghost is not a Sceptic, and He has not inscribed in our hearts uncertain opinions, but, rather, affirmations of the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Is it not better to remain in suspense than to entangle yourself in the many errors that the human fancy has produced?… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism is the father of freedom. It is like the pry that holds open the… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The great, the fundamental need of any nation, any race, is for heroism, devotion, sacrifice; and there cannot be heroism, devotion, or… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image