Skepticism Quotes

295 quotes by 225 authors

Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career one. Every now… — Ronald Reagan
It's only fashion that has said the pendulum has swung from extreme skepticism about extraterrestrial life to extreme credulity. The truth is somewhere in between. — Paul Davies
The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader. — Nikki Giovanni
Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind. — John Dewey
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy. — Denis Diderot
I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so… — Amber Heard
The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable… — Thomas Huxley
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism. — Thomas Jefferson
I have a lot of skepticism about marriage and monogamy. — Rashida Jones
Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid… — John F. Kennedy
Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism. — George Jean Nathan
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. — Thomas Paine
Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism. — Louis Pasteur
The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism. — Paul Ricoeur
Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as… — John Ruskin
Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is… — Bertrand Russell
The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that… — Bertrand Russell
Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily. — George Santayana
There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far. — George Santayana

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