Skeptical Quotes

190 Skeptical quotes by 166 unique authors

I'm skeptical of a lot of what falls under the rubric of education.... People are on these tracks. They are getting these credentials and it's… — Peter Thiel
My parents were skeptical about me becoming a footballer and encouraged me to study. — Carles Puyol
I am profoundly skeptical about our abilities to predict the future in general, and human behavior in particular. — Errol Morris
The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary… — Malcolm Wallop
Market bashers ... might understand the claim that in some particular field, markets required no intervention--though they'd be skeptical--but the notion that, on general principle,… — Julian Sanchez
In Kafka we have the modern mind, seemingly self-sufficient, intelligent, skeptical, ironical, splendidly trained for the great game of pretending that the world it comprehends… — Erich Heller
In a post-Christian, skeptical age, love on display is the most convincing apologetic. — J. D. Greear
Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate… — Linda Chavez
Think for yourself, and believe in yourself. Keep your skeptical antennae tuned in and in good working order at all times. We are free to… — Dennis McKenna
Iâ€™m skeptical of passive learning. If you donâ€™t write down what youâ€™re hearing and learning, what the odds you remember it? — Ben Casnocha
Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof… — Ronald Graham
For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be… — Peter Medawar
The text [The Skeptical Environmentalist] employs the strategy of those who, for example, argue ...that Jews weren't singled out by the Nazis for extermination. — Stuart L. Pimm
An unconscious people, an indoctrinated people, a people fed only partisan information and opinion that confirm their own bias, a people made morbidly obese in… — Bill Moyers
Because mothers make us, because they map our emotional terrain before we even know we are capable of having an emotional terrain, they know just… — Rebecca Walker
While I love the medium, I've always been skeptical about the value of blogs as businesses, — Nick Denton
I don't myself believe in astrology. However, I think that's because I'm a Libra and Libras are always skeptical. — Philip Greenspun
I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a skeptical attitude toward… — Noam Chomsky
Imagine if we started raising generations of children who stood uncompromisingl y on the Word of God, knew how to defend the Christian faith, could… — Ken Ham
Iâ€™ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I… — Hayao Miyazaki

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