Doubt Quotes

4294 Doubt quotes by 2661 unique authors

I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards. — Alberto Salazar
In the range of inorganic nature. I doubt if any object can be found more perfectly beautiful than a fresh, deep snowdrift, seen under warm… — John Ruskin
Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application of the word "human." — Suzanne La Follette
The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite… — Rollo May
In this poor body, composed of one hundred bones and nine openings, is something called spirit, a flimsy curtain swept this way and that by… — Matsuo Basho
We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we may have. Each of us has… — Stephen Schneider
If I rescued a child from drowning, the press would no doubt headline the story: 'Benn grabs child — Tony Benn
If you have a faith, it is statistically overwhelmingly likely that it is the same faith as your parents and grandparents had. No doubt soaring… — Richard Dawkins
I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that… — John B. S. Haldane
You are never dedicated to do something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow.… — Robert M. Pirsig
Are you never afraid of God's judgement in denying him? Most certainly not. I also deny Zeus and Jupiter and Odin and Brahma, but this… — Bertrand Russell
Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them. — Peter Ustinov
Einstein - the greatest Jew since Jesus. I have no doubt that Einstein's name will still be remembered and revered when Lloyd George, Foch and… — John B. S. Haldane
True science teaches us to doubt and, in ignorance, to refrain. — Claude Bernard
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth. — Peter Abelard
True science teaches, above all, to doubt and be ignorant. — Miguel de Unamuno
Science is a way to teach how something gets to be known, what is not known, to what extent things are known (for nothing is… — Richard P. Feynman
When even the brightest mind in our world has been trained up from childhood in a superstition of any kind, it will never be possible… — Mark Twain
Doubt everything or believe everything: these are two equally convenient strategies. With either we dispense with the need for reflection. — Henri Poincare
An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of all journeys. — Iain Sinclair
Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt. — Eric Sevareid
We are always hearing of people who are around seeking after the Truth. I have never seen a (permanent) specimen. I think he has never… — Mark Twain
When in doubt, tell the truth. That maxim I did invent, but never expected it to be applied to me. I did say, "When you… — Mark Twain
My own luck has been curious all my literary life; I never could tell a lie that anyone would doubt, nor a truth that anybody… — Mark Twain
Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one… — Eleanor Roosevelt

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