I am afraid that old women are more skeptical in their most secret heart of hearts than any man: they believe in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Even if individual researchers are prone to falling in love with their own theories, the broader process of peer review and institutionalized… — Chris Mooney Copy Share Image
The people who are constantly striving to apply skepticism to everything in their lives, the ones who actually care enough about truth… — Matt Dillahunty Copy Share Image
What counts is not what sounds plausible, not what we would like to believe, not what one or two witnesses claim, but… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than the… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man. In… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Unbridled optimism comes across as salesmanship; it seems dishonest somehow, and as a consequence it’s met with skepticism. Everyone is allergic to… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
Sanctions are a strong and agreed element of the West's response to Russia's aggression. It is puzzling to me that there is… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
“Being a fool the right way means not being the kind of fool who uncritically accepts so-called real-world truths that attempt to… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
“It is also worth noting that one can obtain a Ph.D. in any branch of science for no other purpose than to… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
It has often been argued that absolute scepticism is self-contradictory; but this is a mistake: and even if it were not so,… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
“Science has carried us to the gateway to the universe. And yet our conception of our surroundings remains the disproportionate view of… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
People are not "things" to be manipulated, labeled, boxed, bought, and sold. Above all else, they are not "human resources." They are… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
“Despite scholasticism or skepticism, skepticism is the confirmation and proof of existence. It follows that if we affirm and confirm the existence,… — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, a distinction must be made between skepticism as a philosophical thesis and skepticism as an attitude in life. As a philosophical… — Julián Marías Copy Share Image
Creationists argue that natural selection is only a negative process, and therefore cannot create anything. Chopra argues that skepticism is only a… — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
What is wrong with priests and popes is that instead of being apostles and saints, they are nothing but empirics who say… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The only way of salvation for the world is by returning to thy allegiance… Firm in my faith, I shall have force… — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
“The law is too important to be left to the lawyers, to paraphrase Georges Clemenceau about war and generals. We laymen know… — David K. Shipler Copy Share Image
The sceptics, a kind of nomads, despising all settled culture of the land, broke up from time to time all civil society.… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
The new statement will comprise the skepticisms, as well as the faiths of society, and out of unbeliefs a creed shall be… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Too much openness and you accept every notion, idea, and hypothesis-which is tantamount to knowing nothing. Too much skepticism-especially rejection of new… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I think there is some kind of disillusionment in the West about the gains of modernity and of economic growth and it… — Claire Fox Copy Share Image
I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of… — K. Eric Drexler Copy Share Image
“I am metaphysical being, mystical and emotional, skeptical and cynical, happy and boisterous, loud and bawdy, quiet and melancholy, tender and cruel,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“In fact, as I get older, I begin to feel that actually what we need more in the world is doubt; more… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
Like belief, doubt takes a lot of different forms, from ancient Skepticism to modern scientific empiricism, from doubt in many gods to… — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
Spirituality authors, who are generally forgiving of most human foibles ... take a hard line on intellectualism… Skepticism they view with contempt,… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
“Religion does not strengthen the believer. Without a healthy skepticism and honed skills in critical thought and analysis, believers wander through a… — Al Stefanelli Copy Share Image
“We are talking about a bet, remember, and Pascal wasn't claiming that his wager enjoyed anything but very long odds. Would you… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I simply go with what works. And what works is the healthy skepticism embodied in the scientific method. Believe me, if the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Great believers are always reckoned infidels, impracticable, fantastic, atheistic, and really men of no account. The spiritualist finds himself driven to express… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Not far from the invention of fire we must rank the invention of doubt. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Skepticism is my only gospel, but I don't want to make a dogma out of it. — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
“Simply to acquiesce in skepticism can never suffice to overcome the restlessness of reason.” — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
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