Skepticism Quotes

295 quotes by 225 authors

Skepticism is history's bedfellow. — Edgar Saltus
Skepticism rather than credulity is the highest principle that the human intellect can use to ennoble our existence. — Christopher Hitchens
Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin. — Thomas Huxley
There is no better soporific and sedative than skepticism. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I am not very skeptical... a good deal of skepticism in a scientific man is advisable to avoid much loss of time, but I have… — Charles Darwin
By skepticism . . . we arrive first at suspension of judgment, and second at freedom from disturbance. — Sextus Empiricus
I simply go with what works. And what works is the healthy skepticism embodied in the scientific method. Believe me, if the Bible had ever… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
In a lot of scientists, the ratio of wonder to skepticism declines in time. That may be connected with the fact that in some fields-mathematics,… — Carl Sagan
Skepticism is forever whispering in your ears. You're very new at this. You may be mistaken. You've been wrong before. — D. J. Grothe
My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift. — J. Tillman
We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government. — Mitch Daniels
There needs to be a place in the church or just outside - there needs to be a place where people feel free to ask… — D. A. Carson
Americans born since World War II have grown up in a media-saturated environment. From childhood, we have developed a sort of advertising literacy, which combines… — Virginia Postrel
Democrats have a long history of utilizing the threat of a potential Ebola outbreak to request massive federal funds while attacking Republicans for expressing skepticism… — Aaron Klein
We should keep in mind that it is easy to concoct stories explaining the past or to become confident about dubious scenarios of the future.… — Leonard Mlodinow
Its attitude, which it has preached and practiced, is skepticism. Now, it finds, the public is applying that skepticism to the press. — Thomas Griffith
It is the press that has taken these charges and accusations and blown them up without any kind of skepticism whatsoever - blown them into… — Dixie Lee Ray
People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism. — Elliot Richardson
In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically — Vincent Van Gogh
I don't believe in love at first sight but I do believe in judging at first sight. — Nikhil Saluja

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