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Skepticism Quotes by Michael Shermer
- Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from skepticism to activism.
- I just witnessed an event so mysterious that it shook my skepticism.
- Belief is the natural state of things. It is the default option. We just believe. We believe all sorts of things. Belief is natural; disbelief,…
- Skepticism is not a position; it's a process.
- Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.
More Skepticism Quotes
- 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… — 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… — 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,… — Linda Chavez