Skepticism Quotes

295 quotes by 225 authors

Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or… — Carl Sagan
The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study… — Clarence Darrow
Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism--and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency. — Stephen Jay Gould
Dance. Dance for the joy and breath of childhood. Dance for all children, including that child who is still somewhere entombed beneath the responsibility and… — Richard Paul Evans
Tell a devout Christian that his wife is cheating on him, or that frozen yogurt can make a man invisible, and he is likely to… — Sam Harris
I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies… — Thomas Paine
Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them. — Jules Verne
Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is,… — Carl Sagan
Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course or that a man should tell a lie? We have never seen, in… — Thomas Paine
If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn't rise from the dead, then why worry… — Timothy Keller
Skepticism has become a virtue. Cynicism and demand for proof has become enlightened thought. Is it any wonder that humans now feel more depressed and… — Dan Brown
It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science. — Carl Sagan
It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind. — Naguib Mahfouz
Pardon me, but thereâ€™s someone on the phone who says they have a call for you.â€ Thereâ€™s a call to tell me I have a… — Jeaniene Frost
But merely accepting authoritarian truth, even if that truth has some virtue, does not bring skepticism to an end. To blindly accept a truth one… — Albert Schweitzer
People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons. The last way for skeptics to get the attention of bright, curious, intelligent people is to… — Carl Sagan
We could speak about the meaning of life vis-a-vis non-consequential/deontological theories, apodictic transformation schemata, the incoherence of exemplification, metaphysical realism, Cartesian interactive dualism, revised non… — Maira Kalman
You can get into a habit of thought in which you enjoy making fun of all those other people who don't see things as clearly… — Carl Sagan
I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything... — Thomas Huxley
Old age is the lubricant of belief. When death knocks at the door, skepticism flies out the window. A serious cardiovascular fright and a person… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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