“Cynicism is what happens when skepticism is given too much latitude.” — Chris Brady Copy Share Image
It's okay to doubt what you've been thought to believe and seek your own answers. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My skepticism doesn't come from no one. There's a root to it, and it's my family. — Rachel Lindsay Copy Share Image
What we know here is very little, but what we are ignorant of is immense. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Don’t believe the skeptics. Rather, be skeptical of their skepticism.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
One could argue [Bob] Corker has been more supportive of [Donald] Trump's foreign policy skepticism of the establishment than anybody else. — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
“She (historian Barbara Tuchman) draws on skepticism, not cynicism, leaving the reader not so much outraged by human ability as amused and… — Robert K. Massie Copy Share Image
The chief problem is, of course, whether the marching of the general spirit of things is heading consciously or sub- consciously toward… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Skepticism is my nature. Free Thought is my methodology. Agnosticism is my conclusion. Atheism is my opinion. Humanitarianism is my motivation.” — Jerry DeWitt Copy Share Image
Over thinking ruins you, ruins the situation, twists things around and just makes everything much worse than what it actually is... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What Reagan ushered in was a skepticism toward government solutions to every problem. I don't think that has changed — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive? — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I respect more the person who struggles with his faith than the person who is confident in his skepticism. — Robert Breault 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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
“Are you really surprised by the endurance of religion? What ideology is likely to be more durable than one that conforms, at… — Sam Harris 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
“In the specially Christian case we have to react against the heavy bias of fatigue. It is almost impossible to make the… — G.K. Chesterton 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 scientific project starts by rejecting the fantasy of infallibility and proceeding to construct an information network that takes error to be… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image