Gullibility Quotes

44 quotes by 42 authors

Denunciations of the manipulativeness of advertisers can unfortunately all too easily be turned on their heads into denunciations of the gullibility of consumers. Both are… — J M Coetzee
The theater requires an essential gullibility that you can't get through life without having. If all you can feel is skepticism-well , you meet people… — Tony Kushner
Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties. — Jamie Whyte
Religions, of course, have their own demanding intellectual traditions, as Jesuits and Talmudic scholars might attest.... But, in its less rigorous, popular forms, religion is… — Wendy Kaminer
...instead it seems that business - like weight loss - is a subject wherein hope and fear inspire limitless gullibility. — Paul Krugman
It is human nature to want to believe in the wizardry of the magician--but also to turn against him and to scorn him the moment… — Dean Koontz
One of the characteristics I cherish in my friends is their childlike gullibility, and several excited minutes were spent trying to actually find this book. — Phil Foglio
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous. — Calvin Coolidge
Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility as you are with skin colour? — Keith Henson
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism. — Thomas Jefferson
There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them. — Michael Moore
I'm so gullible. I'm so damn gullible. And I am so sick of me being gullible. — Lana Turner
Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every… — Thomas Jefferson
The inclination to believe in the fantastic may strike some as a failure in logic, or gullibility, but itâ€™s really a gift. A world that… — Chris Van Allsburg
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too. — Khaled Hosseini
What is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us… — Carl Sagan
How gullible are you? Is your gullibility located in some "gullibility center" in your brain? Could a neurosurgeon reach in and perform some delicate operation… — Douglas Hofstadter
Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They'll believe anything they see in print. — Elwyn Brooks White
You can call it innocence, or you can call it gullibility, but Celia made the most common mistake of the good-hearted: she assumed that everyone… — Lionel Shriver
Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition. These findings add to the… — Daniel Kahneman

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