Skepticism Quotes

295 quotes by 225 authors

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense. — George Berkeley
It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better. — Ambrose Bierce
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them… — William Jennings Bryan
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom. — Lord Byron
There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything. — Lord Byron
Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials, the U.S. military… — Linda Chavez
Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls. — Emile M. Cioran
In the United States, the Supreme Court's decision of 1954, outlawing segregation in school systems, was greeted with mixed feelings of hope and skepticism by… — John Henrik Clarke
Although individuals may be highly intelligent, they are sometimes dogged by skepticism and doubts. They are clever, but they tend to be hesitant and skeptical… — Dalai Lama
Too much openness and you accept every notion, idea, and hypothesis-which is tantamount to knowing nothing. Too much skepticism-especially rejection of new ideas before they… — Carl Sagan
Skepticism is slow suicide. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. — Robert K. Merton
If mankind is to profit freely from the small and sporadic crop of the heroically gifted it produces, it will have to cultivate the delicate… — Wilfred Trotter
Through fear of resembling one another, through horror of having to submit, through uncertainty as well, through skepticism and complexity, there is a multitude of… — Andre Gide
Wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic. — James Russell Lowell
To believe in luck, if it were not a solecism so to use the word believe, is skepticism. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth. — Denis Diderot
I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all. — Ralph Barton Perry

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